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Life is a journey whose beginning and end is ordained by another and not ourselves.
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We chose neither to be born nor to die.
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Yet here we are on a journey whose beginning and end is not of our choosing.
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The pathway of life is filled with many obstacles we did not desire or want.
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The only choice we have is how we will face those difficulties.
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With faith or with doubt; with courage or with fear; with love or with hate; with thanksgiving or with grumbling; with joy or with sadness.
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By overcoming or by retreating, or by victory or defeat; by seeing life's challenges as blessings or curses.
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