Unfortunately, as a society, we do not teach our children that they need to tend carefully the garden … - Jill Bolte Taylor

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They will not let you have peace, they don't want you to have anything they don't have themselves.

Jill Bolte Taylor

Unfortunately, as a society, we do not teach our children that they need to tend carefully the garden of their minds. Without structure, censorship, or discipline, our thoughts run rampant on automatic. Because we have not learned how to more carefully manage what goes on inside our brains, we remain vulnerable to not only what other people think about us, but also to advertising and
or political manipulation.

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