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To be loved by someone is to realize how much they share the same needs that lie at the heart of our own attraction to them. Albert Camus suggested that we fall in love with people because, from the outside, they look so whole, physically whole and emotionally 'together ' - when subjectively, we feel dispersed and confused. We would not love if there were no lack within us, but we are offen ded by the discovery of a similar lack in the other.

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they asked her,

"what is real happiness?"

she answered, "happiness is not fulfilling every pleasure or getting every outcome you desire. happiness is being able to enjoy life with a peaceful mind that is not constantly craving more. it is the inner peace that comes with embracing change."