Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.
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Let Go!
By Jana Long — 2021
Jana Long writes about not clinging to stuff—mental, emotional, physical—plus anything and everything that has outlived its usefulness.
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