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You probably found that after putting it to music, your thought isn’t hooking you as much. And notice you haven’t challenged the thought; you haven’t tried to get rid of it, debated whether it’s true or false, or tried to push it away and replace it with a positive thought. So what happened? By taking the thought and putting it to music, you saw its “true nature”; you realized that, like the lyrics of a song, it is nothing more or less than a string of words.
The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ
At this point the diary gradually shifts from being a place where I vent my feelings and make laconic jokes about my flaws to a place where I think about things that interest me or give me awe. To use [Visa’s phrase](https://substack.com/redirect/c0887e7e-4209-41bd-aad5-3cb5b136a96e?j=eyJ1IjoiNmdtcW1qIn0.fFUvpUEzpOrwdww3ElwErhsO964KhwdDmKUp013wugI), I began to focus on what I wanted to see more of. I moved toward the good, rather than away from the bad.
The Paradox Is That When I Accept Myself Just as I Am, I Change
Henrik Karlsson
So maybe the thing to teach isn’t a skill but a spirit.
A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft
James Somers
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