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Fear represents our need to hang on to the riverbank, to control outcomes, results, our lives it swims upstream. Truth is about releasing that hold, letting go of results, and trusting the direction of Life’s current.
Tom Shadyac
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Tom Shadyac
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 11
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