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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
Author
Writer
New York City
New York
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Ingrained
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Jealousy
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Kindness
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