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If you want reality to be different than it is, you might as well try to teach a cat to bark.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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You don't get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.
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