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Without an uninvestigated story, there's only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that's revealed after the pain and fear are understood.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Always
Story
Life
Perfect
Pain
Appearing
Fear
Revealed
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Perfection
Stories
Understood
Find
Inside
Without
Beauty

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