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When a thought appears such as Do the dishes and you don't do them, notice how an internal war breaks out... The stress and weariness you feel are really mental combat fatigue.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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