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As Eleanor Roosevelt observed, “No one can hurt you without your consent.” In the words of Gandhi, “They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.” It is our willing permission, our consent to what happens to us, that hurts us far more than what happens to us in the first place.

Reading for a book group. Part one I’m ready for our discussion (I think). I like the Thomas Paine quote at the end of this part.