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Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living?

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Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living?
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RE: Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living?
May 14, 2018 at 8:22 pm
(May 14, 2018 at 8:10 pm)ignoramus Wrote:
(May 14, 2018 at 7:08 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: I think for it to matter you have to be capable of happiness in the first place.

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RE: Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living? - by Fireball - May 14, 2018 at 8:22 pm

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