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The Gun Was the Proof
I was 17. My sister, Suzannah, was 15. My brother, Aaron, 11. It was just like any other day. Get up. Go to school. Get back on the bus. Get…
Oh, the days when you just want to give up, throw in the towel, hang it up, wash your hands, call it quits…drop deep into the darkness and doom of dread…when the thick fog of self-doubt, self-denial and self-hate clouds it all…I’m here for you.
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Doing Your Best Yet You Are Still Anxious, Screwing-up, Afraid of the UNKNOWN…and, Perhaps, Failing? What to DO? Victory Starts HERE: With Your WORD DOMINATION!!
Failures, Screw-Ups and Unknowns… Oh-No! …would make anybody anxious. Right? Think again. Words are so much fun because, well, there are so many of them to choose from. (You…
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The Joyless World of SHOULD. Stop playing the worst Mad-Lib game on the planet!
It is the worst Mad-Lib game on the planet. You should always (__________). …
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GUILT (Part I): What Is This Rascal?
It is one of those words you throw around kind of casually, right? ...like you know what it means... Do you? Let's discuss. Shall we? The Feeling. The act of…
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IS IT GOING TO GET EASIER?
Maybe there would be more help… or, thankfully, less need for it. Maybe there would be less confusion… or, finally, an understandable explanation. Maybe there would be more shared beliefs……
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“Doctor, What Do I HAVE?” [The woman in the white clinic jacket slowly pushes her chair back to look up at you, sitting there on the cool examination table draped by your sterile paper-towel-poncho.]
She looks into your eyes. “I’ll tell you what you have”, she says, backed by thousands of hours of study and tens-of-thousands-of-patient-visits. “It is called a NERVOUS SYSTEM.” Good doctor.…
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You Get Pain. Your Friends Get Pain. Your Enemies Get Pain. You Got It When You Were Younger and You Will Get It When You Are Older… Pain Comes With Life…Waaa Waaa Waaa…
Pain and Your Brain Listen, if you just accept it as a fait accompli, it will continue As Is. So stop whining and start learning. If you want it to…
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You Are In Charge Of Where You Put Your Focus And Concentration. YOU Are In Charge.
What won't work for you, in any way - at any time, no matter what – is focusing and concentrating on yourself…how troubled you feel; how angst-ridden you are; how…