Tuesdays are tough. What inspires you? Is there a quote you keep at your desk, or a positive affirmation that sticks in your brain to keep you going when times are tough? Share away! 😸 #Scriptsky
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A pastor once told me, err on the side of grace. I try to do the right thing, it doesn't always work but I defer to that quote from a good man.
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Everything changes. Nothing stays the same forever.
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What, it's Tuesday ?? Wake me up when it's Saturday
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My Mom would tell me, “just go out there and be your sweet self.”
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What inspires me? Adderall.
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The definition of courage: the ability to do something that frightens one; strength in the face of pain or grief.
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from my invaluable life guide book The Panda, the Cat & The Dreadful Teddy by Paul Magrs. (Panda can be sweary at times!)
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“Being bad at something is the first step to being kinda good at something.” Or “Ever forwards, never backwards.”
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“Everything is figureoutable” is mine
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Mine isn’t original. It’s just things could be worse. I had no idea one day this would in fact no longer hold due to our govt.
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My daughter, maybe 10 Mother's Days ago, gave me a Post-it that said, "You're my inspiration." I still have it up, because it's all I need to keep trying.
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Endeavor to persevere
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Believe actions, not words.
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Mine has always been: This too shall pass.
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Stop. Focus. Work the problem.
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Ha! Not my kidney stone - lil' f#£#er had to be drilled out! Fun times!
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Mmmm! I guess my mantra wouldn't fit that scenario, seriously ouchy!
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I still haven't quite got the hang of BS- I was replying to a quote about kidney stones in this thread 😄
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🤣
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'There are only two days when nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is Tomorrow. Today is the right day to live, believe, do, and mostly, live." Dali Lama
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Yeah, my mantra is " i hate my life"
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If life gives you lemons, make a gin and tonic It is honestly the best thing you can do with them Joking aside You get out of life what you put into it.
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“I don’t look good in prison orange” has helped me make a lot of good choices in my life.
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Hell is other people.
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Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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I'm Batman.
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“Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.”
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And: “The people who make it in this business are the ones who never quit. It’s that simple.” — Larry Kasdan
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Tuesday’s just a push into humpday. 🤷♂️😁
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F*ck the f*cking f*ckers.
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Two...Both in Latin: "Fortis cadere, cedere non potest." - "The brave may fall, but they cannot yield." And my own family motto, "Ne Obliviscaris" Which can be translated as either "Never Forget" or "Be Mindful."
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"Tomorrow is a better day." 🌄
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On the wall facing my desk where I glance at it several times a day.
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Not my monkey -not my circus.
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Now that my barn has burned, I can better see the moon
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This will pass. Maybe like a kidney stone, but it will pass.
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“It’s not forever.” This has gotten me through some really difficult times.
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Perfect! 🍓
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Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. - Oscar Wilde
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I have a little sign which says "You Are Soul" which is both self-empowering and also rather amusing when muttered quickly after a bad call.
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"It can't rain all the time"
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Nobody but yourself will back you failure to get there is no support network means absolute death
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Don't worry about shit you can't control
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Tacos!!
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Tuesdays are my best days for shopping. I'm a senior. It's discount day! 😘
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“I am who I am and that is enough”
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Deep at the center of my being is an infinite well of love, I allow this love to flow into my mental body, my emotional body, my casual body, my celestial body, etheric template.
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Could be worse. Could be Monday.
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I haven't had it posted in a while, but I think about it a lot [background: I have an enginerding degree]: I can't fix that, it's a load bearing problem.
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I worked with a structural engineer who would just make up a reason something had to be done this way or why something couldn't be done that way.
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“In this moment, I can choose peace.”
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“Onward! Through the fog!” From a very dear friend ❤️
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"you've survived 100% of your worst days"
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More isn’t always better, Linus; sometimes, it’s just more.
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“Once you’ve learned to fake sincerity, you’re in like Flint, baby.”
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Eat Food, Not too Much, Mostly Plants. Michael Pollan.
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My fav since I was young till present is "I need one yes in a sea of no" Helps me not give up my ideas and projects, no matter how many times I stumble.
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John 14:27 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
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When you're tired, lie down. There is always time for a nap, which can completely reset a day of struggle or upset. If you need a nap, take one. It can save your life.
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I love naps!
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Maya Angelou “but still I’ll rise”
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Cheer up! It’ll get worse!
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Fall down seven times, get up eight. You aren't defeated until you quit.
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Knock me down 9️⃣ times but I get up 🔟 !
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James Baldwin - “not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”.
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"Taco Tuesday"
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A metaphor: "I am the rock that the ocean beats against."
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i am in a "writing accountabilty" group 8 am on Tuesdays. That really speeds the plow
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I have the MLK quote “We must accept finite disappointment but not lose infinite hope.” on my desk. It becomes more relevant every year it seems.
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“Nothing is really worth doing.”
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🇨🇦🇬🇱🇺🇦🩵Just put one foot in front of the other and repeat .
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“There’s a way around every problem.” And (from my days in retail) “Aim for adequate. It doesn’t need to be perfect.”
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Most days…🫤
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Family mantra over here. Right beside the family motto of "we solve problems."
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The Dori Philosophy has also served me well
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A tree can thrive with only one root, even throughout the cold weather when its leaves fall from the pressure of the snow. It still holds out because its warmth comes from its core. Just a singular root. And when the sun shines once again, the cycle of new life starts. New connections are made. 🔂
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"The choices we make dictate the lives we live" Shakespeare
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“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” - Jack Kerouac
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"Worse things happen at sea, ya know?"
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Taco Tuesday 🌮 🍺
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keep going
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I like to think about it this way. The good I put out into the world is my personal fight against the pain and cruelty. Everytime someone gets care, feels seen, is helped the balance tips toward hope and good. It is an act of malicious anticompliance! They cant make me add to suffering!
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Wednesday
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See the truth and stay present
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"That dream was put in your heart for a reason."
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"Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax."
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I've had this poster on my wall since college. It's the closest thing I have to a mantra. #Scriptsky
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As long as you know where your towel is.
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My go-to is: "Keep your eye everlastingly on the ball" from the Official Rules for Umpires, the rulebook for baseball. It's the first line, and is perfect.
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Success is inevitable.
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Oh, kinda related — I say: Some of our favorite things were mistakes!!
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Ne nothi te deorsum Don't let the bastards get you down.
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“Every wall is a door.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There isn't any problem alcohol can't make worse.
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No control? Let it go.
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'They're just words on a page. If you don't like them you can change them' - that's a paraphrase, but it's from an interview with Danny Strong that I sometimes go back to. And then there's this, which is kind of at the heart of why I left musicology many years ago (I don't claim consistency).
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“… forget the wax and feathers, focus on making better wings.” - Stanley Kubrick In his last public appearance he suggested the story of Icarus taught us the wrong lesson, hence … (quoted from memory)
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“Inaction guarantees failure” . I have to keep this on repeat in my head given our collective circumstance.
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My only job is to love.
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“There is no inevitability where there is a willingness to pay attention.” McLuhan
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Love this!
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Man the Talmud gives such amazing advice about pretty much everything.
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Every man (person) is my superior in that I might learn from them…
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And… You are not your past mistakes.
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I know a lot of people take comfort in this but it has been the one thing I cannot accept for myself.
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Every day is a new day with a chance to make it better than yesterday.
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Cosmo keeps a book of Dr Seuss on hand. The Sneetches is a fave, cos it's about corporate greed preying on prejudice, with the con man Sylvester McMonkey McBean the villain of the story. A con man cashing in on the differences between folks. Whimsical and simple enough for a child to understand.
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Live your life in love.
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When i was in HS if something went wrong my mom would say shit n 2 are 8, I'd respond no shit n 2 is 6 shit x 2 is 8. It became our thing :) I miss her so much 16 years later
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This is excellent. Keep your energy for moving forward! Waste no time on regrets!
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I accept the reality of my situation, but not it's permanence.
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I like the Leonard Cohen quote 'Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in'.
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A CEO I worked with had a little poster in his office. A frog headfirst in the beak of a crane had his little hands around the bird's throat. Caption said,'Never give up.'
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"Nothing matters, so it doesn't matter that nothing matters." ~George Watsky
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Our current US administration’s leader openly savors the cruelty and violence. Anais Nin shares her thoughts on such tragedy.
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If you don’t like the color of your world, go get your paint box.
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This too shall pass.
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One more day closer to Donald Trump's grave
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“Just get through it”. Got me through grad school.
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youtu.be/z2Q7YRDL90E?... probably not the cherry ray of sunshine but this does it
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“You can’t pour from an empty cup.” A gentle reminder to take a moment to recharge however works for you.
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Mind over matter, i don't mind because I will not allow it to matter.
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"The condition of our planet corresponds to our political enslavement...Saving it depends on our collective emancipation." From Stephanie McMillan's 365 Daily Affirmations For Revolutionary Proletarians calendar, which has been on my desk for almost 10 years now. burningbooks.com/products/365...
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I think of the Elton John song with “ I’m still standing” in it. #scriptsky
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"It's always a good day." (Maybe not for me, maybe not for many, but always for some)
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"Never underestimated the power of human stupidity" Heinlein
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Endure. Tomorrow is a different day.
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Got my socks on, a good day!
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"Outwork your doubts."
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"If anything is worth doing, it's worth doing half-assed." Don't have the energy for a full shower? Wet wipes. Don't have the energy for 2mins of teeth brushing? A quick brush is better than no brush. Anything worth doing deserves a half-assed attempt (as opposed to none)
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I hear ya! 👍
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Love this! Half-assed has been the only way I've gotten through some days.
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For me, I end up saying "1% is greater than zero" a lot of days. Didn't get a page done but wrote on sentence? Still better than nothing! It's easy to get wrapped up in All Or Nothing thinking-- give yourself some grace, and remember that slow progress is still progress! 🐌
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Quote: “Is he dead yet?”
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And its follow-up... "Why NOT?"
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Hahahaha. I like that
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“Just Keep Swimming… Just Keep Swimming… swimming swimming swimming…” in Ellen’s voice as Dory from Finding Nemo. Always makes Me smile and laugh. And kinda an inside joke with My bestie: “not problems.” For all those things people are freaking out on, tell you it’s a problem, but really… grow up.
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"What would you do if you knew you wouldn't fail?" -Jimmy Carr And "The only path forward is through."
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It's either that scene from Holes or me telling myself to do things out of spite. Spite is a powerful tool. And also the idea that I need to do things before I can't. You never know when things suddenly change on you.
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If they don’t like you, you don’t have to play with them. Given to me by my 5 year old daughter when I struggled with wanton corruption and misogyny at work.
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Our high school French teacher was a wealth of weird inspirational quotes, but my fave to this day is still, “Fake it til you make it!”
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Perseverance furthers.
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I have a meme I saw hanging in my office: “On particularly rough days, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100%, and that’s pretty good.” I have no idea who originally wrote it.
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👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌
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That's a great one!
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not sure about positive it will be okay or you will be dead and won't care anyway
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I have one of my cards on the cubicle wall. It is a mantra for every one of my days
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Ooo, I like this one! Thanks for sharing 😊
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I have a mantra that has worked in multiple situations, from a stinging insects buzzing my head to dealing with the occasional, incredible stupidity of others. I close my eyes, take a deep breath & calmly chant "Ooooh holy f*ck." Highly recommend.🙂
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I feel it already working!
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Excellent! Multipurpose & effective.😉
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“You cannot have those things you refuse to dream of.” - Stacey Abrams
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Be yourself. It's the best revenge.
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LMAO! And every one who knows me is nodding vigorously... 😂
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No offense intended to this audience, but this captures my thoughts about the MAGATS 24/7. Right here at my home office desk.
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