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There's no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.

Byron Katie

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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Mind
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Unhappy

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That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work.
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All sadness is a tantrum.
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I think that's the trick: wanting what I have.
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Once the mind is met with understanding, it can always find its way home.
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The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.
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Thinking that what you want equals what's best for you is a dead end.
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But when you think you're supposed to do something with it and imagine that you're the doer, that's pure delusion. Just follow your passion. Do what you love. Inquire, and have a happy life while you're doing it.
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Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already have it—that you are it.
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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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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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