The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now. (Barbara Deming)

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

Barbara Deming

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