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Aryeh Kunstler - “It Starts With You”

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Aryeh Kunstler

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[music] >> I went out to [music and singing] the forest with my bag full of regrets. I found myself [singing] a spot so [music] I can sit and just connect. I opened up my [singing] heart. >> [music] >> I pleaded and I begged. All the trees were watered [singing] when I wept. I said sorry for [music] my wrongs, for all the times that I've strayed. all the times that I've strayed. All this guilt must be the reason life [music] hasn't gone my way. Then a whisper in [singing] the leaves found its way to me. >> [music] >> And in that moment my [singing] entire world would change. It [music] starts with you. [singing] It starts with you. Until [singing] you learn to love yourself, [music] there's nothing I can do. The forgiveness that [music] you seek The forgiveness that [music] you seek does not begin [singing] with me. >> [music] >> Listen, child, cuz it's the truth. >> [music] >> It starts with you. >> [music] >> In what felt like an instant, clear [music] skies turned dark and gray. A storm full of emotion overwhelmed [music and singing] me as I prayed.

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  1. 0:06[music] >> I went out to [music and singing] the forest with my bag full of…
  2. 0:38all the times that I've strayed. All this guilt must be the reason life [music] hasn't…
  3. 1:09The forgiveness that [music] you seek does not begin [singing] with me. >> [music] >> Listen,…
  4. 1:41[music and singing] me as I prayed. In order to let go, you need to feel…
  5. 2:11Listen, child. See it's the truth. It starts with you. >> [music] >> Suddenly there was…
  6. 2:41>> Suddenly there was silence out amongst the trees. The world was just waiting for me…
  7. 3:12Cuz once you [music] learn to love yourself, [singing] there's nothing you can do. The acceptance…

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