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We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses--one foot is on the horse called "fate," the other on the horse called "free will." and the question you have to ask every day is--which horse is which? which horse do i need to stop worrying about because it's not under my control, and which do i need to steer with concentrated effort?
-Elizabeth Gilbert
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We Gallop Through Our Lives Like Circus

Elizabeth Gilbert
We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses--one foot is on the horse called "fate," the other on the horse called "free will." and the question you have to ask every day is--which horse is which? which horse do i need to stop worrying about because it's not under my control, and which do i need to steer with concentrated effort?
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