They're easy to forget, but our challenges are never that far away

We all get lulled and complacent in life, and we forget the challenges we face if they are not present on a daily basis.

By Elana Waldman

Updated June 11, 2014

They're easy to forget, but our challenges are never that far away

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We all get lulled and complacent in life, and we forget the challenges we face if they are not present on a daily basis.

Okay, so we may not forget, but we are able to have them on the back-burner for a while, until something inevitably happens to remind us that reality is never far away.

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