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Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.

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Andy Andrews
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: May 22
Author
Motivational Speaker
Orange Beach
Alabama
Everybody
Grass
Peak
Rich
Mountain
Summit
Next
Reach
Valley
Life
Motivational
Enables
Becoming
Valleys
Growth
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Wants
Climbing
Slog
Learning
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