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The fatal mistake is waiting for life's circumstances to be right before we begin. Simply begin with your heart, look deeply into it and trust what you feel. Practice knowing and you will know.

Hugh Prather

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
Waiting
Deeply
Look
Begin
Looks
Circumstances
Right
Trust
Feel
Simply
Feels
Mistake
Heart
Knowing
Fatal
Life
Practice
Insightful

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