the grapple never falls far from the tree
Do affirmations work?
An affirmation, to paraphrase one definition in Webster’s dictionary, is a statement made in anticipation of its own denial. They are all the rage amongst the New Age-spinoff self-love advocates. The rules are something like this: tell yourself all those good things you want to hear and they’ll become true. I can never keep them go…
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