It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to li

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I will give thanks to thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Thy works, and my soul knows it very well. Psalms 139:14 – Bible

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