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Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Moments
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Acceptance
Magic
Present
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