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“Nothing from the past can still exist unless we drag it into the present moment through our minds. Holding onto past pain creates present pain. Holding onto old fears creates new fears. Holding onto former injuries caused by others is an act of current self-injury. What’s done is gone. The only way it can live within us again is through our willingness to revive it in this moment.”
― Emily Maroutian, Thirty: A Collection of Personal Quotes, Advice, and Lessons

“The lacks we experienced as adolescents become the driving forces within us as adults. We are pulled to create what we didn’t have or didn’t get to experience. And so we become the adults we needed as children.”
― Emily Maroutian, Thirty: A Collection of Personal Quotes, Advice, and Lessons

“Energy is the currency of the universe. When you “pay” attention to something, you buy that experience. So when you allow your consciousness to focus on someone or something that annoys you, you feed it your energy, and it reciprocates with the experience of being annoyed. Be selective in your focus because your attention feeds the energy of it and keeps it alive, not just within you, but in the collective consciousness as well.”
― Emily Maroutian, Thirty: A Collection of Personal Quotes, Advice, and Lessons

“If you want to know where to find your contribution to the world, look at your wounds. When you learn how to heal them, teach others.”
― Emily Maroutian, Thirty: A Collection of Personal Quotes, Advice, and Lessons