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Single, Dating, Engaged, Married Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: Navigating Life + Love in the Modern Age

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“But I still feel like I lost. We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It's easy. The first girl I ever loved was someone I knew in the sixth grade. Her name was Missy; we talked about horses. The last girl I love will be someone I haven't even met yet. probably. They all count. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in your life, and you'll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years. But there's still one more tier to all this; there is always one person you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it always happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of those lovable qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable. You will remember having conversations with this person that never actually happened. You will recall sexual trysts with this person that never technically occurred. This is because the individual who embodies your personal definition of love does not really exist. The person is real, and the feelings are real-but you create the context. And context is everything. The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they're often just the person you happen to meet first time you really, really want to love someone. But that person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you feel about everyone else.”

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“Be wary of people who are always powerless in their circumstances. People who can’t do this. People who are too tired, too busy, too committed to do this and that. Yet are convinced that you are flexible, convenient or available enough to accommodate them. You aren’t helping yourself. You are helping them to build up a dependency on your efforts and not theirs thus fostering usery. They invest nothing in you. And as such have no qualms about leaving because they have nothing to lose to begin with. Such people are cowards and snakes.”

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“Life and Abundance (The Sonnet) A person to take refuge in, a purpose to be driven by, that's all you need to lead a good life. A roof to take shelter under, couple meals to feed our hunger, that's all you need to lead a good life. Brain at the base of the mind, Heart at the base of existence, Character at the base of the shoulder, that's all you need to lead a good life. Materialism normalized as abundance chains freedom, and renders life a cripple. True abundance instills content not clutter, Actual needs of life are rather little.”

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“That’s the problem, Gorgeous. You fell in love. You’re supposed to rise in it. It’s supposed to set you free. Falling hurts. You’re supposed to take time to get to know somebody’s light and darkness. Make sure they benefit you and are aligned with your path. If they ain't, don’t fuck with them.” He spoke.”

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