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You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
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Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
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