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Detaching yourself from toxic people does not necessarily involve big, dramatic, swooping statements accompanied by tantrums and tears.

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If they don’t help you grow, then let them go.

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While I do not see happiness in life as a destination, I do think that having a goal or a purpose gives us both joy and a level of peace.

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I’m happy in a way that I can cry, and that is never a sign of weakness or a crappy life.

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“You have no life! You have no friends!” That cruel chant aimed at me by the popular girls in my small elementary school in Los Angeles cut deeply when I was a child.

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Here’s a dirty little secret: Your experience in the real world will not even come close to what you’ve seen in movies or heard about in your favorite songs.

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It may be a period of growing for you. We must go through periods of being uncomfortable to end up where we need to be

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Once you start feeding your mind and soul with enlightenment, all that negative talk will soon fade away.

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Once we stop running from ourselves, we are ready to be intimate with an expansive love that dwells within us.

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I’ve come to observe and learn from my own experiences that there are four universal truths one has to accept first.