I found it! If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. I read it when I was very young and most of the message went over my head. I also did not start therapy until decades later. But the one refrain I absorbed was that we are responsible for ourselves. I need to re-read this book.
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Nammu
…Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …...
Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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