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Stress never feels as natural as peace does

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Natural
Doe
Feels
Never
Stress
Peace

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