Sharon WeilWe cannot protect ourselves from disappointment and still live a fully engaged life.
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We cannot protect ourselves from disappointment and still live a fully engaged life. What Nelson Mandela said is very true. We are not able to protect ourselves from disappointment if we are not fully engaged with the world around us. The world will always bring us some kind of disappointment so we must be ready to fight it and change it.
Source: Changeability: How Artists, Activists, And Awakeners Navigate Change
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