thoughts we use to avoid hard things
Do you ever think…โฃ
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- ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ!โฃ
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- ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐’๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.โฃ
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- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ (๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ).โฃ
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These all or nothing thoughts are little tricks our brain plays on us to avoid the hard stuff.โฃ
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Our brains love easy.โฃ
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But, we don’t have to believe those thoughts.โฃ
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We can actuallyโฃ
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- ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐโฃ
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- ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต.โฃ
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- ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.โฃ
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Think of how much better you’ll be feeling. ๐๐๐ปโฃ
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My favorite All or Nothing analogyโฃ
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๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒโฃ
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๐ช๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐?โฃ
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Of course not.โฃ
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Because, something is much better than nothing.โฃ
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And, taking charge of our thoughts is everything.โฃ
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Don’t you agree?โฃ
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xoxo Laniโฃ
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