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Buddhism

Runningdawg

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1. I taught myself from a book at age 12

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 02:17 PM

Nov 2018

out of spite for my fundy upbringing who said it was the same as worshiping Satan. I started for the wrong reason, but I continued for the right ones. To be honest I would never have lived this long without it. It pulls me out of depression, calms my anxiety, keeps me focused on what I want to achieve in life and motivates me to keep trying.

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