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  1. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    I used to think that the term inner child was a ridiculous metaphor invented to remind responsibility-burdened adults to lighten up occasionally and just have fun. But it turns out that the inner child is very real. It is our past. And the only way to escape the past is to embrace it. So before going to bed that night, I put the photo in a frame and place it next to my bed. And I vow that from this day forward, that child will be protected. He will be loved. He will be accepted. He will be trusted. And all this will be given unconditionally. He will not be taught to hate and fear. He will not be criticized for failing to live up to unrealistic expectations. He will not be used as a Kleenex or aspirin for someone else's feelings of loneliness, fear, depression, or anxiety.
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  2. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    I used to think that intelligence came from books and knowledge and rational thought. But that's not intelligence: It's just information and interpretation. Real intelligence is when your mind and your heart connect. That's when you see the truth so clearly and unmistakably that you don't have to think about it. In fact, all thinking will do is lead you away from the truth and soon you'll be back in your head, groping with a penlight in the dark again.
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  3. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    It's tragic. The wounds that humans get are so strong that they're like robots operating on childhood programming. And even if they learn the truth about themselves in therapy and rehab, they still cling to their false beliefs and make choices that don't serve them-over and over again." He shakes his head at the cosmic absurdity of it all. "It takes hard, conscious, diligent work to genuinely change.
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  4. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    Childhood trauma may sneak up from behind and fuck you in the ass when you grow up, but at least it leaves a tip on the nightstand.
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  5. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    Being alone was the best thing I ever did for myself. I've always gone from one relationship to another, hoping the other person would help me figure out who I was or complete me and make me feel whole. But it never worked out that way. When the other person didn't make me feel whole, I was left with an even bigger emptiness inside. It took the pain of the last year to realize that I needed to stop being a half trying to find my other half, but to be a whole on my own. I had to learn how to love myself. I had to learn to value myself. And I had to learn that I mattered. I'm not sure if I'm whole yet, but I'm more complete. And
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  6. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    Every word, every step, every action is irreversible. If we step in front of a moving car, if we sign a contract we haven't read, if we betray the person we love, the best we can do is try to clean up the mess. But no matter how hard we scrub, the stain on reality will never come out. The word you just read can never be unread.
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  7. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    In fairy tales, love strikes like lightning. In real life, lightning burns. It can even kill you.
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  8. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    You will speed up your growth by being selfish. So imagine that the people you're looking at can actually take care of themselves. And if you ask for what you want and trust that the other person will say yes or no powerfully, it will make things very interesting.
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  9. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    To survive painful beliefs and feelings, we often mask them with anger. That way, we don't have to feel the shame behind it.
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  10. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    Loneliness is holding in a joke because you have no one to share it with.
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  11. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    How you do anything is how you do everything,
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  12. Neil Strauss _ The Truth: An Uncomfortable

    There comes a time in a man's life when he looks around and realizes he's made a mess of everything. He's dug a hole for himself so deep that not only can't he get out, but he doesn't even know which way is up anymore.
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