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The purpose of this life and all its experiences is not to make ourselves what we think we should be. It is to unfold who we already are.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Thinking
Life
Unfold
Experiences
Already
Purpose
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