Growing up in a religious environment, I was constantly encouraged to “let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly”. One of the things this meant to me at the time was that I should have positive thoughts. During high school, at some point I noticed that I had a lot of negative thoughts. Not necessarily about myself but about everything. I would find myself muttering “freaking mother effer” (literally) under my breath in the crowded hallways of my school in between classes. I recogniz...
