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Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Whole
Feeling
Mistaken
Done
Belief
Motherhood
Many
Spiritual
Depression
Feel
Pain
Bear
Feels
Lives
Bears
Life
Fear
Spend
Running
Beyond
Feelings
Already
Borne

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