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When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Float
Floats
Swimming
Difficult
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You don't have to search so hard for meaning and destiny. If you focus on keeping yourself clear and in balance and you live from your heart, destiny and your highest-good path will unfold naturally at your feet.
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