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Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go.

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Spencer Johnson
Died: 2017
Died: July 3
Consultant
Lecturer
Physician Writer
Writer
Watertown
South Dakota
Patrick Spencer Johnson
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Pain
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Change
Sobriety
Life
Letting
Holding

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