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    HOW TO ACCEPT CHANGE

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    Different colored autumn leaves strung on a clothesline showing how things change with the weather.

    What is it about change that causes us to resist it so strongly? Impermanence is as guaranteed as death and taxes, but we put on the brakes and…

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