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The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2) The Journey by James Norbury
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“It's natural to be scared but sometimes we must carry on anyway. Fear will not stop you dying, but it may stop you from living.”
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“Everything you need is already inside you.”
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“I have come to realize that it's not always the situation that is making me unhappy, but the way I think about it. The less I try to control the world, the freer I am to watch it play out in all its untamed wonder.”
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“This raft is a little like us," said Big Panda.

"Where it's been doesn't have to determine where it's going."

"Surely the past makes a difference?" said Tiny Dragon.

"You're right," said Big Panda., "the past is like a story that tells us how we arrived where we are - but you can start writing a new story right now.”
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“Problems should not stop us," said Big Panda.

"They are simply nature's way of letting us know we need to explore a different path."

"You have shared how you feel," said Big Panda.

"Sharing our lives, both the good and the bad, is what makes us closer and lets us help each other.”
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“We cannot just sit here and hope the weeds will go away on their own.

We must take action.

Sometimes something needs to change, and that requires effort.”
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“I don't think the world will ever be quite the way I want it to be," said Tiny Dragon, "and some things I can never change. But I think maybe I have changed, so that those things that I couldn't accept before - I am starting to be OK with."

"I feel a bit like this cup," said Tiny Dragon.

"I've been through a tough time and I feel like I've been damaged. But these little cracks," he said, holding the cup up to the moon, "are what let the light shine through.”
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“Nothing is under our control, little one... not really. I just trust in life to take us where we need to be."

"But what if I'm somewhere I don't want to be?" asked Tiny Dragon.

"That does happen," said Big Panda, "and of course, we can try to change our circumstances for the better, but some situations, like this one, we cannot change and should try to accept as they are. That acceptance brings with it great peace.”
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“Prirodno je bojati se", rekao je Veliki Panda, "ali ponekad bez obzira na to moramo nastaviti dalje. Strah te neće spasiti od smrti, ali te može spriječiti da živiš.”
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“Problemi nas ne bi trebali zaustavljati", rekao je Veliki Panda.
"Oni su samo način na koji nam priroda govori da bismo trebali istražiti drugačiji put.”
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