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“Once they surrender to either side, then they continue their journey until they’ve either reached damnation, or nirvana.”
Some personal issues came up in my life, and I had forgotten how to deal with them without using drugs. I found the nearest bottle of painkillers and picked up right where I left off.
and most of all, I have self-respect. I am not dependent on anyone or anything to define who I am. My strength and self-worth come from a higher power, whom I choose to call God, and it is only because of Him
Preeeeeach
Point is, your addiction is in the corner doing push-ups. It’s just waiting on life to throw a curveball at you, so it can sneak up from behind and whisper insidious little ideas in your ear.”
*words of wisdom if I ever did hear em!
accepting his responsibility for his resentments.
so don’t let your minds create a problem that isn’t there.
It was more convenient for him to blame an outside entity, rather than look at Derrick’s behavior as a direct result of his own past mistakes.
Ouch. Self awareness hurts sometimes
Focusing on a solution and developing a plan of action was the only way to solve a problem, rather than continuously overanalyzing what had gone wrong.
Easier said than done. If only i could remember this in the moment !
you can learn from the past, only if you don’t get caught up in what she had called “morbid reflection.”
Crying is symbolic of closure, and in order to start a new chapter in life, we must close the last one.
anger was a petty deformity of the human condition, and it would serve her no use to harbor a resentment
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does no good to worry about the past or the future because it only prevents you from being useful in the present moment.
this world is full of bad, scary things…and…sometimes, you might not see…any light. That just means it’s your turn…to be the light.”
“The thing about absolutes is that they have no motive. Whether something is absolute good or absolute evil, they are these things because that is their nature. They just are. If someone was acting with motives of vengeance, pleasure, or rage for example, they would just be a normal, flawed human being. One could look at their acts and find a reason for why they committed them. Absolute evil has no motive. You will only drive yourself mad trying to prove the contrary.”
You have no power over the past or any mistakes you’ve made along the way.
