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This was more motivating than any self help book I’ve read recently!

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What a delightfully unconventional love letter, as well as good food for thought.

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Wow i legit teared up a lil bit after reading it, what a beautiful post. She sounds incredible. If you write more about her I'll certainly pay attention to it, and if she writes about herself too, but she seems busy with plenty of other stuff LOL

Certainly food for thought as Perry said, I found myself thinking "damn, if only I was like that too". Feeling optimistic about change though, don't want to bring the vibe down in a post building someone up!

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i would also like to be more like cate, i'm working on it

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Sounds like you found quite the special human!! Congrats on your engagement ! ♥️

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this is such a sweet write-up, and so timely with the 14th coming up. cate reminds me of high-functioning ADHDers - from the "i'm interested, so i'm trying it Right Now" right through to the drug addiction (which we're very prone to developing, and i of course speak from experience).

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Congratulations! She’s a keeper. 🙌

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OK this is awesome, I'm glad people like this exist in the world and I'm really happy for you guys.

But one thing doesn't make sense. If she's as smart, frank and honest as you describe there's just no way she's "genuinely not proud, and genuinely doesn’t think she’s better than anyone else".

I'm sorry but a person as you described should definitely be proud and if she thinks she's not better than the average person then she's simply lying to herself.

The only way I can resolve this contradiction is if she knows how great she is, but chalks it up to "luck" in the form of the genetic, societal lottery.

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I think it's sort of the last one; you can acknowledge that you have unusual abilities and can make an unusual impact while not believing that you deserve more compassion than another person, or acting stuck-up about your unusualness, because so much is down to luck. I asked her about this once and she said "pride is a mistake" because so much of what makes us, us, is outside of our influence.

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Appreciate the response. OK that makes sense thanks.

As with the rest of this piece, it's both humbling while actually providing useful life advice.

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Cate is really inspiring! And this sounds like a great romance <3

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Damn, cate is a new role model-- thanks Sasha!

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:o sounds like the embodiment of that tantra attitude thing Chapman talks about!! So cute you wrote this!

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I haven’t read the article yet but wow, I follow Cate on Twitter and you here, I can’t believe I didn’t know you were together!

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That was really lovely, I hope to surround myself with similar people. She sounds amazing. :)

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This was beautiful Sasha! Absolutely lovely...

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Wow I want to be more like Cate...and I also want to meet Cate! She sounds amazing and what a beautiful tribute you wrote to her. ❤️

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Very much loved this.

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This is so inspiring, thanks for writing it!

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