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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we're tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
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