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“You should always have an adventure lined up. Having something to look forward to is tantamount to happiness.”
find gratitude in what I’d gotten instead of dwelling on what I’d lost.
There was something terrifying in thinking that I might be losing my resiliency. That I might finally be hitting my limit on how much tragedy and despair I could handle.
Hate is exhausting. Life is too short to hate. Let it go. And while you’re at it, it might help you to try to see him as a whole person who isn’t all black or white. You know, he can be your dad who loves you and your mom, and someone who did something really crappy to hurt you guys once. He can be both.”
“If you spend your life dwelling on the worst possible thing, when it finally happens, you’ve lived it twice.
It was easier to decide to hate something or someone and stick with it, because the other option would be to expose myself to the unknown or open myself up to be hurt.
