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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: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Reality
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That's where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
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Love is action. It's clear, it's kind, it's effortless, and it's irresistible.
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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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Look at your life without the thought Something terrible is going to happen.
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Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.
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What's happening in the world is a natural course of events.
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Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already have it—that you are it.
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I saw that we're all doing the best we can. This is how a lifetime of humility begins.
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If we are in silence - in absolute silence with no thoughts - for 10 minutes, it's only a thought that tells us we were silent for 10 minutes. Our only proof is a thought.
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When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
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