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Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Waterbury
Connecticut
People
Misery
Serve
Gets
Anyone
Free
Clearing
Enjoy
Obstacle
Else
Obstacles
Way
Cease

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