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The journey is made easier when we can accept that the process of living is designed for what matters to come through us tenderly.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Easier
Living
Process
Tenderly
Come
Designed
Matter
Matters
Made
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Journey
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