“It is extremely difficult to stay alert & attentive instead of getting hypnotized by the constant monolog inside your head.”

Source: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

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American fiction writer and essayist 1962–2008

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