236. Thoughts Are Temporary
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
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Having a Story About Yourself Is Not the Same as Being Self Aware
We attach to our own thoughts about ourselves just as much as our thoughts about other people. And if we have a thought often enough, we start to tell ourselves e whole story about even having that thought. Having a story about yourself is not the same thing as being self aware because the brain wants to make your stories come true. If you are going to create a positive identity with intentional thoughts, remember that they are temporary too. They're moving at a speed of squirrel, not a speed of cloud. One specific cloud that goes across the sky at one moment in time does not define the sky forever.
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