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All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Crisis
Tender
Given
Ignore
Someone
Helpful
Self
Pleasant
Giving
Receive
Naturalness
Mind
Forgiving
Defeating
Love
Calm
Energetic
Brave
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