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Sometimes this takes the shape of resistance: I decide a feeling or a situation is bad on the spot and start to fight back before I know what’s there. Other times, this takes the shape of discomfort and shame: I am feeling a new way, so something must be wrong .

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The Maybe Story Chinese Farmer — Matterco.co

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When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When you think consistency, simplicity, or happiness are the goal, reality looks like a problem that needs constant tending. But what if it’s natural, or even necessary, to dislike yourself or life or life circumstances sometimes—to fail to understand them, to find them inconceivable or tiresome?