until you finally hear

"That was one of the lessons that I had to learn again and again, until I finally listened to what God (or whatever higher power you choose to believe in) was saying to me. It happens a lot in life—you get whispered to, tapped on the shoulder, knocked over the head, maybe even flattened by a car . . . until you finally hear what you were supposed to have learned long ago and then make a change."
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(from Letters to a Young Gymnast, Nadia Comaneci)
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