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“So what is it in a human life that creates bravery, kindness, wisdom, and reilience? What if it's pain? What if it's the struggle?”
― Love Warrior
― Love Warrior
“I'm not a mess but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, 'For the same reason I laugh so often--because I'm paying attention.' I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved. We must decide.”
― Love Warrior
― Love Warrior
“You are not supposed to be happy all the time. Life hurts and it's hard. Not because you're doing it wrong, but because it hurts for everybody. Don't avoid the pain. You need it. It's meant for you. Be still with it, let it come, let it go, let it leave you with the fuel you'll burn to get your work done on this earth.”
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“Life is hard—not because we’re doing it wrong, just because it’s hard.”
― Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
― Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
“To a large extent we see what we want to see rather than what is really there.”
― River Monsters: True Stories of the Ones that Didn't Get Away
― River Monsters: True Stories of the Ones that Didn't Get Away
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