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Old 04-15-2015, 03:28 PM   #1
monster
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try not to compare your insides to their outsides

A friend posted this on facebook and I liked it. I suspect most of us do this and we'd be a lot happier if we didn't.

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Originally Posted by Anne Lamott
Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together. They are much more like you than you would believe. So try not to compare your insides to their outsides. Also, you can't save, fix or rescue any of them, or get any of them sober. But radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world
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