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> [“Pretend that you’re the paddle and the rubber ball is your feelings. When something bad happens to us, our natural instinct is to try to push the bad feelings away. It’s like we hit the rubber ball as hard as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-dobrenski/pretend-that-you-re-the-paddle-and-the-rubber-ball-is-your-feelings/)

Rob Dobrenski

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## More by Rob Dobrenski

> [“Pretend that you’re the paddle and the rubber ball is your feelings. When something bad happens to us, our natural instinct is to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-dobrenski/pretend-that-you-re-the-paddle-and-the-rubber-ball-is-your-feelings/)

Rob Dobrenski

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