Sometimes when the going gets tough, we become even tougher on ourselves. I can't count the number of times I've told myself to "shake it off," "get over it," "just keep going," and "stop being negative."⁠

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But beating pain into submission is simply emotional avoidance. Rather, I like the idea of "tending the garden" of my mind:⁠

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🌿 To observe each thought like a plant.⁠

🌿 To understand the nature of my current perspective like the soil.⁠

🌿 To nurture new ideas with tenderness like seedlings.⁠

🌿 To slow down and allow my opinions and views to emerge, bloom, and die in their own time...⁠ like all living things do.

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Now, I just have to get over the fact that I have not been very successful with plants in real life. 💀🍃