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    The Story We Carry and the Ones We Let Go

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    story memories have weight

    The Story We Carry and the Ones We Let Go - What If Memories Had Weight?Not the kind you can step on a scale and measure—but something else.…

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    The Stories We Carry

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    Woman sitting in the power of silence on a mournain peak, stories wondering if she were religious, learning to be a human being

    Some stories we tell ourselves over breakfast each morning. Others we pack away in boxes labeled 'someday.' Which of yours are weighing you down, and which ones are…

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