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Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
Barbara Sher
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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
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