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Start your countdown to the most delicious

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Sunday of the year at Whole Foods Market.

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The Easter and Bloom event is on. Experience

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and in stores from March 29 through April 11

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with irresistible deals and delights store-wide.

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Save on feast-worthy animal welfare-certified

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meats like spiral-cut ham and boneless

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ribeye. Then add a flash of green to

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the scene with savings on organic asparagus.

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Too busy to cook? Don't sleep on their crowd

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favorite catering. Find all of that plus

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source for good floral bouquets and more at

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your local Whole Foods market.

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Sure

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We Really Live by Christo O'Reilly,

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Davi DeGee of a lifeinprogress.ca

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We are all

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dying. I rant and grow

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impatient, succumb to moments of frustration

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or fear, and sometimes let my tongue

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flow a little too readily with sarcasm or

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criticism. And if I'm hungry and tired

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at the same time, well, I'm not always

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the nicest person. But my

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desire is to slow down, to

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breathe, to notice and

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receive with gratitude the gifts of today.

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To smile at the stranger and

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make eye contact with the grocery clerk. To

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listen and learn, to laugh

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heartily and appreciate each and every person

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in my life.

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To freely forgive and love

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even when it is hard. To live in

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such a way that if this were my last day

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or my last hour,

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I'd have no regrets. The truth

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is, I

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am dying, and so are you.

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Despite the headlines and the funerals, it's

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so very easy to forget to lose

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sight of what is most important. We

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need to pay the bills, but

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do we really-

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need to cut in front of that idiotic driver

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and give him the finger on our way to work.

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Our kids need to get out the door to soccer and

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school, and yet another birthday party.

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But if we scream at them to make it happen, can

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we instead arrive a few minutes

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late or just say no to one more

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activity? We

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must feed our family and make snacks

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for the potluck,

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but maybe they don't need to be Instagram-able

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if preparing them makes us hate the world and

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stay up way past bedtime to get all

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the work done.

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In the end,

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are these the things that truly matter?

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It hurts me to think of all the times I yelled

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at my kids to hurry, had no time

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for yet another hug,

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or rolled my eyes at my husband.

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The times I judged you too quickly,

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or even the hours if we added them all up that

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I spent ruminating about how I hated

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my body.

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But I was doing the best I knew in the moment,

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and now I know and choose

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better.

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I want to recognize that life is finite

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and fragile and live each breath

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fully. Sip the wine, savor

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the chocolate,

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hug long and hard,

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live fully conscious and aware,

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purposeful. Because life

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is but a vapor, a gift to

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be used up,

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not to be abused, but

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to be delighted in. I

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was thinking how my dad never returned to his home

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from the hospital. I don't think he knew that

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day that he was saying goodbye to the home

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he had crafted, The rock walls

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he painstakingly constructed with many

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little helper hands, the memories infused

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in the walls of the home where he grew

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and grieved and built friendships

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and family. And maybe in the

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end, when you're fighting for your life, none

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of that matters. Maybe when you live your

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life fully aligned with your core values,

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your stuff is simply an appendage.

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But the point is,

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life can change in a heartbeat more

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the time it takes to pull a weapon from a holster.

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One day you're going about your business

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and the next a fire rips through your town.

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The plane crashes. son. never

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returns home.

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In this world, we

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don't have the promise of tomorrow.

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Instead of living weighed down

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by sorrow, heavy burdened, I want

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to be propelled to action, to choose

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carefully how and with whom I spend

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my time, to choose my words a little

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more carefully sometimes, and

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to release inhibition and speak up boldly

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at others, to be sure that the life

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I'm living is the one I want,

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to think for myself instead of allowing

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media and big business to dictate my behavior,

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desires, or spending habits.

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Because this is my one and only

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precious life.

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And I am dying. And we all

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are heading in the same direction.

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Who are you and how do you want

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to live?

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Are you carrying a load of guilt or sorrow

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or unforgiveness that it's time

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to lay down?

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Are you spending your days aimlessly, lacking

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in purpose, or a clear direction?

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Perhaps you need to take a risk,

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go on a date. living in debt

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so you can sleep at night. Pour out

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in some way. Do you need to make amends

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with your sister? Downsize your stuff

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or start writing music again? Turn

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off the TV? Buckle down on that pet

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project of yours?

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Or cross ten things off that never-ending

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anxiety-producing to-do list?

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Because you are dying. So I urge

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you to figure out what makes you truly

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come alive.

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What makes you feel fully alive.

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Would it help to spend an hour or two life

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visioning because you aren't even sure

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what it is that you want? If you need guidance

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or support in this area, contact me to learn

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how we can work together. Maybe you could

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start by identifying all the things you know

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you don't want. Sometimes that

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is a easier starting place. And

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it is altogether possible that you

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actually have everything you want and need

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right now, but you've been so distracted

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by what other people are doing that

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you forgot. Please do

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the work to remember,

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because you have gifts to bring the world and a purpose

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for being here.

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You are a gift to the world.

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Man, we are all dying. So

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let's make sure we really live.

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You just listened to the post titled, We Are

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All Terminal, so let's make sure we really

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live by Christo O'Reilly, Davi DeGuey

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of a lifeinprogress.ca.

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Start your countdown to the most delicious

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Sunday of the year at Whole Foods Market.

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The Easter in Bloom event is on. experience

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and in stores from March 29th through April

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11th with irresistible deals and delights store-wide.

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Save on feast-worthy animal welfare certified

6:35

meats like spiral cut ham and boneless

6:37

ribeye. Then add a flash of green to

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the scene with savings on organic asparagus.

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Too busy to cook? Don't sleep on their crowd

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favorite catering. Find all of that plus

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source for good floral bouquets and more at

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revelation that our time is finite. and

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we never know how much time is left, so

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we should make the most of it. I wouldn't say

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that's something that comes to a surprise to any of us,

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but

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I find it really easy to not

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think about this. We're

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sort of conditioned to ignore death, even

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not talk about it,

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because it's, quote unquote, morbid,

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but

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some of the most powerful classes I took in college

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were the professors who encouraged

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us to think about things like our mortality

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and to not avoid the topic altogether.

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It's interesting how when we're young, we

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just want to grow up, but when we grow

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up we do everything to fight the aging process.

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I do that myself, sometimes for health

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reasons, but sometimes vanity. We're

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trying to avoid the inevitable. But

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again, even more so, avoid

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that death is even a thing. But

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as much as we avoid it, I think only good

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things come about when it's truly contemplated,

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when we really see how fragile it is.

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That doesn't need to be depressing or negative,

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but instead could be seen as a

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positive.

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So again, thank you to Krista for the reminder.

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Thank you for being here with me every day. Have a

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great rest of your day, and I'll see you tomorrow,

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where your optimal life awaits.