I agree 100 percent. I mean … isn’t it sort of weird that manifesting and thinking positively seems to work great for people born into wealth but not others? - Michelle Teheux - Medium

…you name it. Instead, you can simply dismiss their circumstances as something they somehow deserved. So sorry you’re starving in Yemen, a Positive Thinking Bro might think, have you tried envisioning not starving?

Positive Thinking is Cool, but Have You Tried Wallowing in Fear and Anger?

Adeline Dimond

Michelle Teheux

Nov 13, 2022

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I agree 100 percent. I mean … isn’t it sort of weird that manifesting and thinking positively seems to work great for people born into wealth but not others?

Michelle Teheux

Written by Michelle Teheux

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Lover of literature. Editor of Minds Without Borders. Former newspaper editor. Fascinated by everything. Contact at michelleteheux@gmail.com.

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