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“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
― The Light in the Heart
If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
― The Light in the Heart
“Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“Emotional healing requires more than simply changing how you feel. Your emotions are merely symptoms of the problem - not the problem itself. Even when they hurt.”
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“Whether it is rational or empirical, your approach to life must always be empathetic. Emotional intelligence is acquired when knowledge and empathy are combined and applied to situations regularly in everyday life.”
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“After years of being taught that the way to deal with painful emotions is to get rid of them, it can take a lot of reschooling to learn to sit with them instead, finding out from those who feel them what they have learned by sleeping in the wilderness that those who sleep in comfortable houses may never know.”
― Learning to Walk in the Dark
― Learning to Walk in the Dark
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