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Feeling Sorry For Ourselves Is The Most Useless Waste Of Energy On The Planet. It Does Absolutely No Good. We Can't Let Our Circumstances Or What Others Do Or Don't Do Control Us. We Can Decide To Be Happy Regardless.

-Joyce Meyer

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Feeling Sorry For Ourselves

Joyce Meyer

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Feeling Sorry For Ourselves Is The Most Useless Waste Of Energy On The Planet. It Does Absolutely No Good. We Can't Let Our Circumstances Or What Others Do Or Don't Do Control Us. We Can Decide To Be Happy Regardless.

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