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Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
Writer
New York City
New York
Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
Circumstances
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Power
Wells
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Unwanted
Time
Resistance

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