Life is best unfiltered.

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From time to time, I verbally remind myself of some uncomfortable truths:

  • ​I will die. As surely as I am sitting here now.
  • Before then, I will lose some of those I love. They may pass away. They might leave me. I will feel loss or rejection. My heart will break. I will feel alone.

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Doug Fraley

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Doug writes, speaks, trains and coaches on personal growth and spirituality. He is the author of Phil Grimm’s Progress — A Modern Myth for Anxious Times.

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