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I used to let other people's struggles affect my happiness. If they weren't happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn't happy, I didn't want anyone around me to be happy.

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Joyce Meyer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 4
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Pauline Joyce Hutchison
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