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Can do Quote by Joko Beck

“All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego.” quote by Joko Beck — Download Open image

“All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego.”

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