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The mistake we have made in our lives is that over and over again we've run into the needful moment and then failed to learn its higher lesson. We don't like needful moments and therefore we resist them.
Guy Finley
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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
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Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.
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Stop Looking for Permission to Be Yourself. The true individual is no more concerned over what others may think of him or her than is the sun troubled by people complaining that it's too warm, or that it shines too bright!
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One way to measure your own fears is to count the number of personal questions you've allowed others to answer for you.
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Every relationship that we have in our lives - our contact with each person, place, and event - serves a very special, if yet to be realized purpose: They are mirrors that can serve to show us things about ourselves that can be realized in no other way.
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Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.
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