This Won't End Well
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Read between April 8 - April 12, 2020
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optimistic assumptions are the fastest way to become deeply disillusioned by human nature. Best to anticipate the worst and then enjoy the momentary satisfaction of having your predictions pan out.
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Here I’ve been thinking of myself as a realist (Jon would call me a pessimist, and I suppose one could make the argument for those being the same thing).
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Fact: People are the cause of most pain. Fact: I cannot handle any more pain right now.
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He had a wide, welcoming face, though it’s possible that was said of Charles Manson.
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But maybe time doesn’t so much heal wounds as weaken one’s convictions.
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But after years of focusing on what I thought I needed to focus on, now I have to figure out what I really want.
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Life is too short to be living the story someone else has told about you.”
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if you’re willing to look for joy and open yourself to new possibilities, the end is not an ending at all. It’s a beginning.