You are a victim of the rules you live by. — Jenny Holzer; artist, thinker, blurter of brilliance - Jen Sincero

You are a victim of the rules you live by. — Jenny Holzer;

You are a victim of the rules you live by.

When it comes to our emotional pain, however, we’re apparently way more game for seeing just how much torture we can endure, wallowing in our guilt, shame, resentment, and self-loathing, sometimes for entire lifetimes. We prolong our misery by holding on to our ill feelings by badmouthing our mother in-laws, fantasizing about pantsing our loudmouth, incompetent bosses in front of the whole office, unloading fault on other people, and rolling around in our minds the many reasons why our enemies are wrong and the many reasons why we’re right.

Are you sure? Declined?! That’s impossible. Can you run it one more time?” No matter how out of the question it may seem for you at this moment, you can

LOVE YOURSELF No matter who you really are.