{"id":1562,"date":"2013-09-20T06:10:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T13:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2013-09-19T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T04:08:10","slug":"stupid-inspirational-quote-that-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"Stupid inspirational quote that isn’t so stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everybody’s talking about, revolution
\nEvolution, masturbation, flagellation
\nRegulation, integrations, meditations
\nUnited Nations, congratulations<\/p>\n

All we are saying is give peace a chance<\/p>\n

–John Lennon\/Give Peace A Chance<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Make peace with your past”<\/p>\n

It’s one of the few\u00a0 irritating inspirational quotes I don’t argue with. I still find it a bit irritating,\u00a0 but why don’t I argue with it? Well, for one thing, I can’t argue with everything. It just seems like I do. If it’s right, though, it’s right.<\/p>\n

Making peace with your past makes you happier in the present. That’s one selfish reason to do it. I wish I had figured that out\u00a0 30 years ago. Yes, I realize that I can’t and shouldn’t change the past. I’ve already said that I wouldn’t if I could because of the George Bailey effect.<\/p>\n

That was actually sort of the next point I was going to make. Making peace with your past helps you leave it in the past where it belongs.\u00a0 You can’t change it anyway, so why waste your energy being upset about it?\u00a0 Worrying about it is completely useless and mostly:<\/p>\n

Letting go of it makes you free.<\/p>\n

Which is one of the most nauseating things you’ll ever hear me say.<\/p>\n

And you know? Peace? It’s just a good thing no matter how you find it.<\/p>\n

Accept the past because it got you to now, forgive the ones who\u00a0 did you harm then, and you’ll feel more peace now.\u00a0 The past can’t hurt you now unless you keep letting it.<\/p>\n

Now.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the ones who helped me figure that out.<\/p>\n

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Everybody’s talking about, revolution Evolution, masturbation, flagellation Regulation, integrations, meditations United Nations, congratulations All we are saying is give peace a chance –John Lennon\/Give Peace A Chance   “Make peace with your past” It’s one of the few\u00a0 irritating inspirational quotes I don’t argue with. I still find it a bit irritating,\u00a0 but why don’t … Continue reading Stupid inspirational quote that isn’t so stupid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-pc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1361,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1361","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":0},"title":"Arguing with inspirational quotes on Twitter","author":"Michelle","date":"September 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 So let's leave it alone 'cause we can't see eye to eye There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy There's only you and me and we just disagree --Dave Mason\/We Just Disagree \u00a0 There is an odd attraction to following the inspirational quotes feeds on Twitter,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "insanity"","block_context":{"text":"insanity","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"Niezsche is wrong","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-shot-2013-09-07-at-8.26.48-AM-300x103.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":337,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=337","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":1},"title":"Accentuate the Positive","author":"Michelle","date":"July 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"You've got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative --Johnny Mercer \u00a0 \u00a0 As a person who skews heavily sarcastic and cynical,\u00a0 I tend not to notice a little negativity in a person as a flaw. 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