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Before and After: A Fairytale

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Simcha Fisher - published on 07/27/16

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When we look at our own lives, we tend to believe that everything in the past is part of our old, discarded “before” lives, and whatever it is we label “after” is by definition more mature, more nuanced, more refined. Well, sometimes we’ve just been spiritually sitting on the couch eating pizza and Fudge Rounds, and that’s how we got where we are today.

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