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What You Call Fate

The following is a quote by Carl Jung:

Until you make the unconscious conscious, ele irá orientar a tua vida e chamar-lhe-ás destino.it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

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Até que tornes o inconsciente consciente, ele irá orientar a tua vida e chamar-lhe-ás destino.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

💬 Today's vocabulary

🔄 Tornar: To turn 💤 Inconsciente [masc. noun]: Unconscious🤔 Consciente [masc. noun]: Conscious🧭 Orientar: To guide🌱 Vida [femin. noun]: Life☎️ Chamar: To call🔮 Destino [masc. noun]: Fate

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