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“I believe that when we are fully present, we not only live well, we live well for others.”

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Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind.

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I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred.

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That's why I don't generally talk about endorsements because I don't believe we have to tell people who to vote for.

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