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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.

John Eldredge

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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
Author
Psychotherapist
Writer
LA
California
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Cannot
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Blowing
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Adventure

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