There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away.

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One day our descendants will think it's incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

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Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

Without suffering and doubts, the mind will come to rest on cliches and stay there, until the spirit dies as well.

A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

It is okay to have depression, it is okay to have anxiety and it is okay to have an adjustment disorder. We need to improve the conversation. We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health.

Stress is a confused state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Natalie Goldberg

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