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 @user-1218 
 
 emotional labor is labor
 
 rest when you're tired. eat when you're hungry. drink when you're thirsty, and
 laugh when it bubbles up within you.
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

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 @user-1370 
 
 If you don't have the energy, then people need to take care of you. Maybe they
 do anyway. If you're anything like me, and in this regard I think we might be
 similar, having people take care of you is *important*.
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--- #2 fediverse/3093 ---
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 *life is so much more than following your rules and fulfilling your
 obligations*
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 note to self: children are an exception, they are more important than anything
 else.
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--- #4 fediverse/6027 ---
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 some days I feel like someone else's lesson and that can be hard.
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--- #5 fediverse/5845 ---
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 Happiness is easy. Can't do it when you're stressed out, so fix that first.
 Then, happiness is easy.
 
 peace
 tranquility
 happiness
 joy
 love
 
 don't skip any steps. it will work. there will be setbacks. give time, and
 grace.
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--- #6 fediverse/3300 ---
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 @user-1052 @user-192 
 
 I'd rather be unhappy and useful than happy and a burden
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--- #7 fediverse/5544 ---
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 when people *need* you but don't *believe* in you, it's easy to find it
 difficult to get out of bed.
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--- #8 messages/436 ---
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 There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal
 - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we
 contribute - to define how our own story goes.
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--- #9 fediverse_boost/389 ---
◀═[BOOST] ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  @user-1871                                                                 Never responsible for other people.                                        Never responsible for reactions, theirs or others.                                                                                                    My first thought reading this was "Oh you met my parent!"                 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘                                                         similar                      chronological                       different─▶

--- #10 fediverse/2396 ---
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 @shiri 
 
 I'd like to add that "all you can do" is more than enough. Be kind to
 yourself, you are both important *and* valuable.
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--- #11 fediverse/5169 ---
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 if you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to describe everything
 that you do,
 
 leave that situation
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--- #12 fediverse_boost/281 ---
◀═[BOOST] ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  Everyone needs to learn the difference between going through something     with someone, and someone putting you through something.                  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘                                                         similar                      chronological                       different─▶

--- #13 fediverse/85 ---
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 At the end of the day, all we are is our intentions and our choices.
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--- #14 fediverse/6396 ---
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 have you ever considered
 that you are on the same team as your allies
 
 why are you making things difficult?
 are you worth the difficulty?
 I am
 But I work as hard as I can
 as long as I can
 "self care" deprecation
 "resting" lazy
 "relaxing" unmotivated
 none of these apply
 I'm *cooling down*
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--- #15 fediverse/3741 ---
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 you can only be yourself once, and it happens while you're alive.
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 people are allowed to demand jobs. governments are allowed to provide them.
 corporations are just specialized hired hands. as your exports go up, your
 imports should also go up. this applies to all levels of relationship, with
 special care given to love and affection, two separate but equal parts of
 healthy attachements. (some things aren't right for all others, and that's
 okay too - live your own truth, be where the best parts of you be)
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--- #17 messages/633 ---
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 Rest.
 Sleep.
 Heal.
 Recover.
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--- #18 messages/1514 ---
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 just because someone is giving you what you need doesn't mean they'll help you
 when in need.
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--- #19 fediverse/5831 ---
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 it's okay to be a little evil sometimes
 
 all things are defined in waves, and your highest peaks are nothing without
 low valleys to accompany them. Balance arises naturally from the contest of
 these two natures, and, well, you're gonna figure it out anyway no matter what
 I say so why bother teehee
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 @user-1748 
 
 they want you drained and overloaded.
 
 makes it harder to take care of others.
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--- #21 fediverse/2786 ---
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 the best way, I find, to be deserving of trust is to do the best that you can,
 and be honest when you cannot do more.
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--- #22 messages/903 ---
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 It's better to cry when sad than to sing a life with a heartful of tears
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 harsh lessons of adulthood - sometimes food is not eaten for the taste, but
 rather for how it will make you feel slightly better in the next few days.
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--- #24 fediverse/1092 ---
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 if there's too much on your mind then you need more people thinking about
 those problems
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--- #25 fediverse/5430 ---
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 "you promise a lot, and deliver very little"
 
 I promise nothing. I am showing you the way, not walking it for you.
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--- #26 fediverse/2599 ---
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 the best way to heal from harm and from hurt is with a friend or three around
 a table with a beer or three and relative safety and privacy.
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--- #27 fediverse/4769 ---
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 nobody ever tells me to stop, they just tell me to relax. to take care of
 myself. to be whole and healthy. that kind of thing...
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--- #28 messages/1046 ---
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 I'm not here for fame. Or power. I'm here to make sure things get done. That
 they get better. When i am unneeded, i am home. If you want me, pull me forth.
 If you need me, I'm already there. Fate guides me, and i know i will be
 deployed when necessary. Compel me or dispel me, up to you. I personally just
 like being around. I like feeling my stuff, knowing it true. Trust me when i
 say, i am here for you.
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--- #29 fediverse/2812 ---
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 when you're alone, everything that happens to you is personal.
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--- #30 messages/330 ---
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 The purpose of life is to read, and to find the answer in the words of your
 fellow man. Just remember, the map is not the territory. Don't forget to live,
 too.
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--- #31 messages/1148 ---
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 Sometimes i see a lot of my people, sometimes i see very few. This periodic
 cycle actually fills me with hope. It means they're working together on things
 just outside my view.
 
 I love to be reminded. I love to be loved! But even more, i love to know
 they're busy.
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--- #32 fediverse/5292 ---
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 you can trust me, but please don't rely on me, for all of my power is soft.
 sometimes people just don't want to do what I tell them to, and I wouldn't
 have it any other way.
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--- #33 fediverse_boost/202 ---
◀═[BOOST] ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  i feel like everyone freaking out is making it feel like you should be     freaking out and like. i do not hold freaking out against anyone. but      you don't have to freak out                                               └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘                                                         similar                      chronological                       different─▶