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Most people use their energy attempting to rearrange circumstances that trigger painful emotions. Changing external circumstances will not change your rigid patterns of emotional response. That requires looking at the patterns themselves.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
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Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
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