What's more, going off of Manic's post, I think it's a worthwhile exercise to stop trying to 'correct' the annoying little habits of the people we live with and just live with them. Providing they are harmless idiosyncrasies, of course. Aren't relationships difficult enough?
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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