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Lesson 1 of 6

The word you have been keeping away from

Most people who need this course do not use the word. They say things are difficult. They say he has a temper. They say every marriage has its problems, and that is true, and it is not what this is.

There is a reason the word stays out of your mouth. Once you say it, other things follow, and you are not ready for the other things. So you keep the word away and you keep going.

You do not have to use the word to read this. You only have to be willing to look at a list.

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