There is a high goal, a mountain peak, a star that shines in the darkness, beckoning above the horizon. Its mere existence gives you hope-and that is the meaning without which you cannot live. (Jordan Peterson)

There is a high goal, a mountain peak, a star that shines in the darkness, beckoning above the horizon. Its mere existence gives you hope-and that is the meaning without which you cannot live.

Jordan Peterson

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