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All we have to remember is that how someone else processes your truth is not your responsibility. Their reaction says much more about them than it does about you and your truth.
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When we forget to make sure we are doing okay, we canβt then give our best to the people we care about.
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Save the big chats and honest words for people who you know have you in their hearts full-time.
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Love... you thrilling, spine tingling, intoxicating, life-changing, awakening feeling. I'm ready for you, always!
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while I concentrated on not falling over or farting.
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I would call mine βthe black pitβ. This is what it feels like: being in a dark hole unable to pull yourself out of it.
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Finding other methods to deal with what I feared in life, and how I perceivedmy own story, was now my new mission. First, I looked around at my life and worked out what needed to go. I had built up beliefs about myself, about others around me and about how the world worked that werenβt conducive to a healthy mental state long-term. This needed to change.
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Russell Brandβs brilliant podcast, Under The Skin.
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Fearne Cotton (Bigger Than Us: Spiritual Lessons for Everyday Happiness)
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The Salt Path,
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The Body Keeps the Score
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Rather than just sitting happy in the NOW and knowing Iβm okay, I can lean more towards worrying about mistakes Iβve made in the past and things I could have done differently.
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I donβt think we are designed to know and cope with what is happening all over the world all the time.
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But if we are to find real and lasting happiness in our lives we need to abandon our obsession with hunting the highs and resisting the lows and discover the hidden secrets of the βcalmβ.
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While Eulerβs identity is a purely mathematical truth, it can be interpreted symbolically in a theological framework. Some Christians might view it as a βfingerprint of Godβ in the structure of mathematics, pointing to an ordered and meaningful universeβa concept that aligns with belief in a divine creator like Jesus Christ. But this is interpretive, not doctrinal or factual.
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If you slip into the blue or indeed the black, don't keep it in. Find someone you trust - friend or professional - and tell them about it.
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Work out what facilitates unhappiness in your life and look at how you could eradicate any frameworks that allow it to creep in.
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Don't panic. If you feel unhappy. Let it come and go. Remember: all this too shall pass.
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Most of us have moments, no matter how big or tiny, that affect us greatly in life. It's inevitable that we will all make mistakes and experience things we wish we hadn't. These good and bad memories will always live and breathe in our minds but it's how much we let them affect our everyday lives that is important. Do we let these thoughts and stories define us? Or can we see them for what they are: moments. Slices of time that occurred, had a directional purpose in our lives, then moved and changed into a new moment.
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If the future is a scary prospect to you then even more reason anchoring yourself in the present moment will be positive for you. If thinking ahead makes you feel as if a vast expanse of life lies in front of you without a plot, try sitting in the now. Let the fear dissipate and leave room for other emotions and energy.
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