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The Lost Bookshop

by Evie Woods (Goodreads Author)

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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by Jonathan Haidt

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JaRee’s Quotes

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

tags: goodness, happiness, optimism, trials

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