We take our first breath by ourselves. And we take our last breath alone. How, then, is it that somewhere in between, in that time we call life, we expect someone else to do our breathing for us? No one will ever breathe one breath for us. No one will ever think one thought that is ours. No one will ever stand in our bodies, experience what happens to us, feel our fears, dream our dreams, or cry our tears. We are born, live, and leave this life entirely on our own. That “self,” and the divine spirit which drives it, are what we have. No one else can ever live a single moment of our lives for
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