To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote …

Anne Lamott
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To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.102, Anchor
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To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.102, Anchor

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