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For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.
Peter McWilliams
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Peter McWilliams
Age: 50 †
Born: 1949
Born: August 5
Died: 2000
Died: June 11
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Michigan
United States
Peter A. McWilliams
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Peter Alexander McWilliams
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Learn to forgive fully and completely. If you want health, wealth, and happiness, you can't afford the luxury of lugging around all those unforgiven, unforgotten past events. Let them go.
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To the degree we can live without the things of this world, we are wealthy.
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It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.
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Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the horse in that direction.
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When you start noticing even a small portion of all there is to be grateful for, you'll find there is no room for lack, hurt, or want. The attitude of gratitude: the great, full feeling.
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