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If your life is cloudy and you're far, far off course, you may have to go on faith for a while, but eventually you'll learn that every time you trust your internal navigation system, you end up closer to your right life.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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