This Won't End Well
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Read between January 7 - February 15, 2022
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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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“People make mistakes. Sometimes you just need to stay hopeful and give it time.”
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“‘What is coming is better than what has gone.’”
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There are days, many in fact, when I remain convinced that women cannot win. We ask for equal pay and a seat at the table, and instead we’re handed control-top pantyhose and pink wine with cupcakes on the label.
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Maybe careful is overrated, and I’m just now seeing that for the first time.
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The price of self-protection may, in fact, be higher than the cost of vulnerability.
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“It’s okay. When I close my eyes one last time, I’m counting on us all being together again.” Each word was slow and labored, but she continued. “It’s the only way I know how to keep on living without the people I can’t live without.”
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But I want you to feel free to go off and live your own life.” “Because life is to be lived,”
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And I believe that. 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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Make life brighter!
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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.
every day really is a gift if we’re willing to make it so.