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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredible weight loss by a young food blogger who battles body image issues and overcomes food addiction to find self-acceptance. All her life, Andie Mit

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“A cucumber is bitter— throw it away. There are briars in the path— turn aside from them. This is enough.”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: Attitude, distancing yourself, Choosing the Right People, Choosing Friends, Living A Balanced Life

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: Future, Courage

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: strength, Self-Control

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: Being Alive, Living, Joy, Love, Life

“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work – as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for – the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay…”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: Motivational, motivation, Encouragement, Life, life advice

“External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now. If the problem is something in your own character, who's stopping you from setting your mind straight? And if it's that you're not doing something you think you should be, why not just do it? –But there…”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: Conclusion

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: Future, Reason, present, worry

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: Seize The Day, Priviledge, alive, Think, Perspective

“Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

“It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone. How do you let go? By realizing that such actions are no…”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy

“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness