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Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life.

Nhat Hanh

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When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is the one who has much happiness while the one who is ungrateful will not be able to have happiness.
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