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61 " It’s healthy to have a myriad (that’s a smart word for “a bunch”) of emotions occupying the hotel of your heart. Welcome them all in, and experience them the way they’re meant to be (just clean up afterwards). You’ll also realize the relationships between them. The less things anger you, the less things will excite you. The less things make you cry, the less things will make you laugh. Different life experiences are going to break barriers within you and you’ll respond emotionally to things you never connected to before "
― Humble the Poet , Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life
62 " Take a super-deep breath and hold it. Hold it a bit longer, then slowly breathe it out and keep blowing until there’s no air in your lungs. Congratulations, you just pressed reset. "
63 " What you fear isn’t the roadblock; allowing the fear to keep you from moving is the real obstacle. "
64 " We can’t see other people’s struggles, pains, pressures, and anxieties. They put up the same front that we do. Trying to evaluate your life in comparison to others will always leave you more depressed for that simple reason. "
65 " The most important relationship you have is with yourself—simple. Putting the responsibility of your smiles on anyone else will often lead to the opposite, and you have no one to blame except yourself. This anti-victim mentality isn’t popular because people don’t enjoy the onus, but it’s probably the only way to ensure a long-standing, healthy ability to have meaningful relationships. "
66 " Most recently, I began to focus more time on figuring out WHY I was experiencing the emotions I felt, rather than simply accepting them. This did wonders for how I dealt with things that came my way. "
67 " We don’t always have the power to change our circumstances, but we can change how we feel about them. Happiness is a feeling, not a destination. If you rely on a circumstance or outcome to be happy, then that dependence will only grow into an addiction. You’ll be climbing a mountain without a peak, feeling more and more hollow the higher you get. "
68 " Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” —Corrie ten Boom "
69 " patience doesn’t mean waiting around for things to happen—it’s respecting the time needed for things to play out. "
― Humble the Poet , Things No One Else Can Teach Us
70 " WHEN WE SHIFT OUR FOCUS ON OUR EFFORTS AND WHAT WE CAN CONTROL, WE’RE MORE EMPOWERED AND MUCH LESS FRUSTRATED BY THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL. "
71 " OUR PROBLEMS AREN’T ALWAYS OUR FAULT, BUT THEY’RE STILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY "
72 " You already know if someone isn't worth your love, so why you keeping them around? "