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I don't let go of concepts -I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Katie
Clever
Concepts
Meet
Understanding
Reality

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