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It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Better
Rested
Thing
Rushed
Scattered
Distracted
Engaged
Fully
Ten
Present

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