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Apr 2016
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380: Striving and struggling for your ca...

Kevin Miller | YAP Media
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Dr. Ramesh Richard walks us through, “We each have an individual calling. It is our responsibility to pursue it. The pursuit will be a hard life, full of striving and some struggle. It will also be the most joyful, glorious and fulfilling life we can imagine.”​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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