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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and door will open where you didn't know they were going to be.
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