Here's What It Would Look Like If Inspirational Quotes Were Honest

Here's What These Inspirational Quotes Are Really Saying
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Like that one friend on Facebook who won't stop posting them, these inspirational quotes need a healthy dose of reality.

Listen, everyone could use a few words of encouragement from time to time and sometimes these quotes and their inspirational imagery provide a much-needed mental pick-me-up. But it's also important to be realistic. Life isn't all about yoga poses, intricate hedge mazes or a single rose sticking triumphantly out of a field of daisies.

It's time to decode exactly what these inspirational quotes are saying, if we're being honest about them.

Seems like even nature isn't a big fan of yours.
Dracula gets a TON of stuff done.
Your inspirational quotes are really interrupting my sleep cycle.
Maybe instead of quote cards you should be posting yourself a MAP!
And it's all down hill from here.
Some people are like a garden maze. Yeah, they look cool from the outside, but getting involved in them sounds like trouble.
Maybe if you did yoga as much as you talk about doing it ...

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