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diff --git a/content/entry/start-fresh-in-every-moment.md b/content/entry/start-fresh-in-every-moment.md index 4f25f5b..2748698 100644 --- a/content/entry/start-fresh-in-every-moment.md +++ b/content/entry/start-fresh-in-every-moment.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Before I get into this subject, let's get the obvious out of the way so that I d ## People Have Patterns of Thought And Behavior Newton's first law of motion states: -> "Objects tend to keep on doing what they're doing unless acted upon by an unbalanced force." - Sir Isaac Newton +> "Objects tend to keep on doing what they're doing unless acted upon by an unbalanced force." — Sir Isaac Newton The same is true for people. People tend to keep the same patterns of thought and action. That's why we have the word "personality". A personality is just observed patterns in thoughts and behavior. This isn't to say people are incapable of change, just that it's not the default. The default is people keep doing what they're doing. @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ There's a false dichotomy that the only two options are facing the cold, hard, d ## Toxic Positivity You don't necessarily need to lie to yourself about what's going on in the world not to be depressed. A few people opt for that strategy. They put a positive spin on everything and when that becomes impossible, they outright lie to themselves. This is a form of [Toxic Positivity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_positivity). -For examples of toxic positivity, just search Youtube for how to get rich. You'll find clueless one-percenters who genuinely seem to think poor people only exist because they have the wrong mindset. I don't think I need to explain how harmful this is. This extreme can be avoided by just not lying to yourself. +For examples of toxic positivity, just search YouTube for how to get rich. You'll find clueless one-percenters who genuinely seem to think poor people only exist because they have the wrong mindset. I don't think I need to explain how harmful this is. This extreme can be avoided by just not lying to yourself. # Starting Fresh in Every Moment What does any of this have to do with starting fresh? Well, people tell themselves they can't do things based on past attempts that went badly or imagining things going badly in the future. People with social anxiety imagine that they'll make a fool of themselves in their next interaction which hasn't happened yet. Recovering drug addicts think because they relapse once, they're a user again. |