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Welcome the pain - and eventually, the peace - of caring too much into your life.

Heather Havrilesky
Feb 08, 2023
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Great Cloud (1982) by Helen Lundeberg

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We all have the potential, every single day, to care way too much — about one small thing or many things or everything. We are human animals guided by a tidal wave …

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