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My fortune cookie said "Be kind to yourself. You're doing the best you can." Is that statement encouraging or depressing?

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Posted - December 13, 2019

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  • 53509

      It was merely a typo:



    Welcome back, 1985. 
    ~
      December 13, 2019 8:31 PM MST
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  • 1152
    Um...I don't get it.

      December 13, 2019 8:36 PM MST
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  • 53509
    Whippersnapper. 
    ~
      December 13, 2019 8:40 PM MST
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  • 44619
    It means your ducks have bad carma.
      December 13, 2019 8:31 PM MST
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  • 23577

    Regardless of the funny picture you posted, I read it as completely encouraging.

    :)

     
      December 13, 2019 9:10 PM MST
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  • 1152
    I take the opposite tack, as I tend to view my performance in less-glowing terms..... This post was edited by SaltyPebble at December 14, 2019 6:09 AM MST
      December 13, 2019 9:27 PM MST
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  • 23577
    :)

    I, too, most of the time, do not see my performances in glowing terms; I'm awfully hard on myself a lot of the time. I'm realizing that I am, indeed, doing OK.
    Most of the time, the people in my life are so much kinder to me than I am to myself. It's  time for me to "be kind to yourself."

    :)


      December 13, 2019 9:32 PM MST
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  • 1152
    Maybe later, I'm currently too busy being "unkind" to others...





      December 13, 2019 9:45 PM MST
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  • 23577
    :)
    :)
      December 13, 2019 9:53 PM MST
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  • 11005
    To put it another way: Don't feel bad about giving up. You are never going to succeed anyway.
      December 13, 2019 10:19 PM MST
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  • 5808
    Only you can say...
    How did it make you feel?
      December 14, 2019 3:56 PM MST
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  • 1152
    Confused...
      December 14, 2019 4:23 PM MST
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  • 11112
    I think its meant to be encouraging and also as healthy advice. If you do the best you can and don't beat yourself up  thinking you could be doing better you won't get high blood pressure  from being stressed out. Cheers and happy weekend!
      December 14, 2019 4:40 PM MST
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  • 1152
    Whoops! Too late for that...
      December 14, 2019 5:42 PM MST
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