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Sometimes, we get too busy pursuing our dreams that we forget to live in reality
Anything Under the Sun • February 4, 2017
Sometimes, we get too busy pursuing our dreams that we forget to live in reality
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The question I would put under this one: How do we pursue a future without abandoning the ordinary life that is already ours?
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