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The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear ...

~ Thomas Merton ~

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The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid...

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