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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they're not true.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Thoughts
True
Come
Stressful
Questioning

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