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Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Ever
Terrible
Nothing
Situation
Even
Happened
Nightmares
Good
Story
Nightmare
Always
Tell
Situations
Thinking
Reality
Except
Like
Stories
Lived
Seems
Seem

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