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If you stay in the attention you are in, then you can predict everything that will happen to you for the rest of your life.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Stay
Rest
Happen
Attention
Happens
Predict
Everything
Karma
Life
Buddhism
Awareness

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