"The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for……" — Elizabeth Wurtzel

The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society,… - Elizabeth Wurtzel

"The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and simple hold down a job. If you're still at the point when you're even just barely going through the motions--showing up at work, paying the bills--you are still okay or okay enough. A desire not to acknowledge sadness in ourselves or those close to us--better known these days as denial, is such a strong urge that plenty of people prefer to think that until you are actually flying out of a window, you don't have a problem."

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