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People often fear the unknown and the things that go wrong in life, but we can never truly know what we don’t know.There are plenty of things we could be afraid of, but we don’t know there’s something very simple and natural that can help us get rid of our fears. If you are interested, try reading the short story “The Boy Who Steals Monsters” by David Sedaris.
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