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Write Yourself A Permission Slip To Be Surprised By Someone's Potential. Who Knows? One Day That Person Could Be You.

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Write Yourself A Permission

Sherri Shepherd

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Write Yourself A Permission Slip To Be Surprised By Someone's Potential. Who Knows? One Day That Person Could Be You.

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