I did not want to think about people. I wanted the trees, the scents and colors, the shifting shadows of the wood, which spoke language I understood. I wished I could simply disappear in it, live like a bird or a fox through the winter, and leave the things I had glimpsed to resolve themselves without me. Patricia A. McKillip
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When a person thinks about a certain thing, that person should not think about that thing. We should always be aware of what is happening around us and keep our mind away from the things that are negative. What I find interesting is that most people like to think about things that are negative. For example, when someone is sad they will go on thinking about the sadness they are feeling which will make them sadder. Thinking always leads to thinking about something else negatively.

Source: Winter Rose

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