Here is a photo of some November zinnias.

2/7/22

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The less bitter thoughts we think inside and say outside, the less bitter thoughts we falsely feel coming from other people.

Proverbs 15 is a good one to read about that sort of thing.

"take care my love, that savors strongly of bitterness"

- Mrs. Gardiner in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - paraphrased in the 2005 film

Cognitive distortion credit:

Believing that you know the mean things other people are thinking about you is mind-reading.

Mind-reading is a lot easier to do habitually, if your thoughts are generally pretty bitter about yourself and other people. I say from experience.