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One of our major flaws, and causes of unhappiness, is that we find it hard to take note of appreciate and be grateful for what is always around us. We suffer because we lose sight of the value of what is before us and yearn, often unfairly, for the imagined attraction elsewhere.

Alain de Botton

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Everywhere Get Interest Kind Machine Machismo Opposite Really Sensitive Sweetness
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Anger Bitterness Came Forget
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Always Being Love Must Pain
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