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Energy follows thought we move toward, but not beyond, what we can imagine. What we assume, expect, or believe creates and colors our experience. By expanding our deepest beliefs about what is possible, we change our experience of life.

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Daniel Jay Millman
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