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  • Post category:Mental health / Positive change / Relationships
  • Post published:June 30, 2013

Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.

Source: The Top 20 Things Oprah Knows for Sure @ Oprah

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Tags: behaviour, mental health, positive thinking, relationships

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