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Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
Pastor
Theologian
Writer
San Jose
California
Richard Duane Warren
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