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Arguing with reality it like trying 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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Acceptance
Teach
Reality
Trying
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Katie
Bark
Arguing

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