Tweets on a single topic ("The Dilemma of Childhood") published within a short period.
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Mar 3 2011: The fundamental conflict of life is moving from protected childhood to unprotected adulthood. [view in context] 2864
Mar 3 2011: We all grew up in Disneyland—an artificial and protected environment essential for our education and growth. The problem is leaving it. 2865
Mar 3 2011: Adjusting to the demands of real world is traumatic for everyone, regardless of their upbringing. 2866
Mar 3 2011: Childhood inevitably sets us up with dysfunctional expectations of what the world owes us. The trauma of adulthood is correcting them. 2867
Mar 3 2011: A coddled child, raised in a "perfect" environment, has it no easier than anyone else. His bias is an unreasonable expectation of reward. 2868
Mar 3 2011: Childhood always leaves us with "issues"—certain patterns of behavior that once worked but that don't work now. 2869
Mar 3 2011: What stands between us and our success is our past—or more precisely, the defective assumptions created by our past. 2870
Mar 3 2011: Our parents fed us so much bullshit! But that was their job. You can't handle reality all at once, so fairy tales are the intermediate step. 2871
Mar 3 2011: Don't blame your parents for what you are doing now. It's your responsibility to adjust to the real world, not theirs. 2872
Mar 3 2011: It's easy to look over the fence at the Jones family and think, "Their childhood was so easy." Wrong! Every family is dysfunctional! 2873
Mar 3 2011: Every family sets its children up with false assumptions and unrealistic expectations. Families differ only in what they are. 2874
Mar 3 2011: The risk of those with the "perfect" childhood is that they never leave it. They opt for suburban protection and never step beyond it. 2875
Mar 3 2011: Trauma may come early in life or later. The only thing certain is that it will come. 2876
Mar 3 2011: There are two ways to respond to the world: the way your past has set you up for, and the way that really works. 2877
Mar 3 2011: To step away from your childhood, you must see the world that's right in front of you, not the one you want to be there. 2878
Mar 3 2011: Right now, certain behavior makes sense. So do it! The wounded child inside you will have to adapt. 2879
Mar 3 2011: To correct the defects of your childhood, you must become your own parent. Someone has to set boundaries and goals, and that must be you! 2880
Mar 3 2011: A childhood can't be corrected. Your parents will die. In the end, all that matters is what you want for yourself and how to go about it. 2881
Mar 3 2011: #### End. This has been a live one-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama. 2882
Mar 3 2011: RT @Adhyetaa: RT @BadDalaiLama #### End. This has been a live one-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama. || Good stuff, BadDL. 2883
Mar 3 2011: RT @charliesheen: In all sincerity... Thank you Twitter community for the warm reception & the followers that helped get me to 1M in 24 ... 2884
Mar 3 2011: Dysfunctional celebrities are good! They give people around the world a set of common experiences, making everyone part of our family. 2885
Mar 3 2011: Fame and money provide no immunity to human weakness. [view in context]
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