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        A New Year Tip: Try to Relax

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      Letter to young self (Photo – Jake Vita)

      This is the best advice we can offer you this year, and always: Relax! It’ll be O.K.

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      Below is Oprah Winfrey’s note to younger self. We invite you to Watch the three-minute video for a better life in the years to come.

      A better place is awaiting you, a greater place; a place of self-discovery. Remember that you are always bigger than the moment you’re in. Reply to your calling, amidst all the distractions surrounding your life, and keep listening to your own self.

      That’s where peace lies, within.

       

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