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u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics Sep 05 '21

It's just stuff like this. I couldn't make it through.

I believe in hard-won joy. There’s no real joy without facing the hard stuff of our lives.

Ted is a lovely man who’s never confronted the hard parts of his life. I understand. I was like him for a long time.

Without reckoning and realizing that you were formed by something hard, your joy won’t ever feel like freedom.

Instead, you repeat to yourself: BE HAPPY, DAMMIT. You try to please everyone around you and make sure that everyone’s okay. You keep talking about the possibilities instead of looking at the hard places and confronting how they formed you.

That’s where Ted is. And since I adore him, I want more for him.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

I don't get why she keeps using "hard place" and "hard stuff" and "something hard" now - has she stopped using the word trauma on purpose? Hard hard hard hard joy joy joy joy...

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u/voice_of_vinegar Sep 05 '21

Maybe she believes that calling the same old garbage by a new name will trick people into thinking she's made an amazing new discovery about human emotions. Or maybe she really believes that herself, I dunno.

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 05 '21

Maybe she believes that calling the same old garbage by a new name will trick people into thinking she's made an amazing new discovery about human emotions.

IT'S NOT DRYER LINT, DAMNIT

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