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In life, we have to exercise our sense of detachment from others. In this world, we have to detach ourselves from our loved ones. We have to detach ourselves from people who hurt us and detach ourselves from people who help us. We have to detach ourselves from people who don't want us in their lives and detach ourselves from people who do want us in their lives.
In order to achieve balance in life, we have to balance our love with our detachment.
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