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“When love is blind, frogs resemble princes.”
― The Mystery Guest
― The Mystery Guest
“The good thing about bad times is that they pass,”
― The Mistletoe Mystery
― The Mistletoe Mystery
“I was never good at school. Actually, I was an abject failure, below my peers in every way, incapable of meeting the bar.
Maybe the bar was set in the wrong place. Maybe the school was the wrong kind. Maybe the teachers made the same mistake I made---focusing on your weaknesses instead of your strengths.”
― The Mystery Guest
Maybe the bar was set in the wrong place. Maybe the school was the wrong kind. Maybe the teachers made the same mistake I made---focusing on your weaknesses instead of your strengths.”
― The Mystery Guest
“People might not stay on this earth long in body, but when they gave their hearts to others, when they sacrificed for their well-being, a piece of them went on.”
― Shaped by the Waves
― Shaped by the Waves
“Here is Epictetus, in the first century CE, lamenting the human tendency to let others control our emotions:
If your body was turned over to just anyone, you would doubtless take exception. Why aren't you ashamed that you have made your mind vulnerable to anyone who happens to criticize you, so that it automatically becomes confused and upset?
Anyone who checks their "mentions" on social media, or has ever been thrown for a loop by what somebody posted about them, will understand Epictetus's concern.”
― The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
If your body was turned over to just anyone, you would doubtless take exception. Why aren't you ashamed that you have made your mind vulnerable to anyone who happens to criticize you, so that it automatically becomes confused and upset?
Anyone who checks their "mentions" on social media, or has ever been thrown for a loop by what somebody posted about them, will understand Epictetus's concern.”
― The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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