Sure, if you're perfect. Which nobody is. So this isn't true.

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Needed this. Thanks

This seems a bit Pollyanna-ish, unfortunately.

I agree with you, but it only applies to people acting in good faith. Some people are genuinely motivated by anti-social impulses or downright malevolence. Some people are just unreasonable.

My grandfather used to say, "An expert is someone that fucked up everything at least once, but managed to learn from it. A fool just fucks up." He was an eloquent man.

Being real gets old too. Eventually you realize you can't afford not to be positive.

Dam it!

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I wish it was that easy for me.

Pebble in your shoes are the doubts in your mind that keep you from achieving something.

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Carl Sagan/Timothy Leary 2024

This really hits home. Thank you for this message!

It’s so cool to be able to take trash out or take a shower. I wonder sometimes if I will be able to do it. I like to take the trash out after midnight, so it’s really on my terms. Good luck everyone.

Like my Papa used to say, “there are no such things as bad days: just some days are better than others”.

HELLO!!!

This applies most of the time for most people, but there is a subset of people that can not control their attitude due to a mental disorder. One example, depression is a hell of a thing and still so misunderstood. For someone that has been there, I’ll tell ya there is absolutely no control over the inner voice and trying to positive talk yourself makes you feel even worse because at the time it feels like more pathetic BS. Sometimes people are just stuck with a bad time with a bad attitude. Not trying to demean the quote for most, but it’s nonsense for someone in that situation.

I see Rivers of Blood. Sagan was one hell of a human.

Pebble also refers to habits and things slowly wearing you down that could be fixed by a quick change

Carl Sagan was a redwood among saplings.

But if you smell shit everywhere, check your own shoe.

I'll always power through the rough days and I'm looking forward to the time I'd be able to hug my person again in the future, that's my way of recharging

But say, being grateful kills the competitive attitude and stuns your growth. When you settle for something low, how can you grow.

Thanks for sharing this. We all feel negative emotions, and when we are aware of this fact we can feel more connected with the world.

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”