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- It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from growing up in…
- Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
- Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for…
- We call it keeping up with the Joneses. They buy a boat and we buy a bigger one. They get a new TV and we…
- We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.
- I didn't have to scramble up and down the ladder from despair to euphoria anymore, trying to convince myself that life was either painful and…
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong