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ALAIN DE BOTTON - THE SCHOOL OF LIFE: How To Apply Philosophy To Real Life

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Is This Poison? I'm Putting It at Its Darkest

We are suffering from an epidemic of mental unwellness, largely bred by the ation that our lives will be stella. Our lack of acceptance of ourselves has made us sick. And we need to hear another message - it's ok to fail. It's ok not to know what's going on. It's OK to be lost in a universe most of whose recesses will always be darkness to us. Love is not going to be perfection. Love is going to be occasionally a hand held by somebody who understands bits of you, never the whole of you but has charity towards your darkest momentsw That is the life we're going to lead, and let that be ok.

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