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Gail Knowles's avatar

Sometimes instead of taking things a day at a time, I slow down and use a minute, 10 minutes, whatever it takes to bring my breath back to what it is when I’m not hyperventilating!

The best advice I ever got, from a woman who was like a mom to me for 20 years, was when someone did something shitty, I would say

“how could somebody do that to me!” All hurt and angry.

She said “Take the To Me” out of it. “What are you talking about?”

The real question is “How could someone do that? Once you realize that person’s awful behavior has almost nothing to do with you, it allows you to not be.”

I still use it today.

I bet tomorrow’s gonna be great.

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sue's avatar

Don't you love it when even the worst days now do not compare to the darkness of the past! That my friend is progress!

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