Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eye.
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He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
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