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Every day you live is a page. Every year, a chapter. Your life, a book. What is it about?

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Author
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Pearland
Texas
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Life
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There's a genius part of you that wants to create. That part of you wants to talk to God. Get out of the way.
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Right, but you know, what would any of us lose by losing our possessions. Maybe we would gain something, like relationships, like the beauty of good friends, intimacy, you know what I mean, man? Like we wouldn't be losing anything if we lost our stuff, we'd be gaining everything.
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