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You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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Everything that happens is God's will. When you realize that, you're home free.
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