mental
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You’re Bothering Yourself

This thing bothers you and that thing bothers you, about them, about that. And the traffic bothers you, and the way they draw out that one specific word bothers you, and the fact they ask questions you knew the answers to years ago bothers you, and there’s certainly no end to things you can be… Continue reading
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A Friend Lives Within You

We don’t realize just how much the people we spend time with affect us. Then suddenly one day words are coming out of your mouth and they sound just like your friend. Suddenly your delivery is indistinguishable from theirs. Suddenly you’re calming yourself down and you know exactly what they’d say to help you… Continue reading
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The Uncertainty Is The Promise Of Something New

There’s a word in Spanish — “previsible” — that means predictable. If it’s pre-visible, it’s predictable. We often want something new to happen, but struggle to cope with uncertainty. We think that uncertainty might just result in what we’ve always seen — but that’s not true. The very nature of it being uncertain means that… Continue reading
