Quote of the Day - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
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We’re all human beings. Experience is experience, let’s just be honest. Let’s not try and dissect suffering into a race, or whatever you want to call it. We’re all human beings, one way or another. All races have gone through times that are challenging; that’s part of being a human.
“We’re all human beings. Experience is experience, let’s just be honest. Let’s not try and dissect suffering into a race, or whatever you want to call it. We’re all human beings, one way or another. All races have gone through times that are challenging; that’s part of being a human.” ”
You may not be responsible for your childhood conditioning but you need to have responsibility for your actions towards undoing it as an adult. Blaming your past for a limiting mindset does not fix it. You have to seek new ways of thinking and practice the thought processes.
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