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Sometimes you don’t want to be enlightened. Sometimes, you want to enjoy the simple pleasure of hating your ex, or cursing the person who cut you off, or finally admitting that you don’t care to see photos of your coworker’s fat cat. 

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These people are bad, and they will always exist. But we are good and will also always exist.

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Start paying attention to where your thoughts go when your mind has time to wander. The more you become aware of your own stream of consciousness, the more you can control the negative thoughts that seep in.

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You will not find yourself through any diet plan, through any drink, through any drug. It is this simple. I seek substances and routines now for experience enhancement, but I feel no force with me at the end of the day.

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A lost introvert wonders why he or she is suffering from supposedly negative conditions like shyness, being reserved or even unfriendly.

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We project our mental selves into the future so much that we miss the life that is literally right before our very eyes.

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When you do the work to heal, it can sometimes be a dark tunnel. It can feel like you haven’t done anything at all.

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“i accepted the facts, the pain, that no matter how hard you hold onto such things they actually still slip through your fingers.”