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We don’t attach to things we attach to our stories about them.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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Look at your life without the thought Something terrible is going to happen.
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My life is a contribution.
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Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it's true.
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