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Scrambled cities: If you're not gonna do the work(on your soul), then you might as well work til you die

 There are two tiers in normal life. Those who are survive and those who thrive.  But nothing is a mistake in life: Nothing comes by chance. You have to prepare for it.  If you thought life was about making money and beating out the Jones's, you've lost already.  Life is: Desire for connection. All unhealthy competition is isolating. We live in an isolated-enough world already. This connection comes from a surprising place: Self-acceptance. A lot of us need to go back to the classroom. A lot of us need to take a silent breather and check in with what we need. This takes serious work. It's the real work. It relies on respect for others and self-respect.  A lot of people in the self-help community try to push the self aside: Manning up is the only side of it they see. But there are certain non-negotiables in this life. Certain things we can't cheat ourselves out of. We are not a piece of meat being acted on.    However, this is where God comes in. Some o...
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Tears

I hope I haven't left my book outside. Lord I hope I haven't. It'll be sopping wet.

I'm thinking to myself how strangely kids look at me these days, as if I'm old. Yet I still feel like a kid I'm 31.

 I was going to go out and then it rained. Anyway, that's a good thing. It makes me feel better about not going out. At least, I don't feel any obligation to live it up while I'm still in my early 30's.

The book I'm reading at the moment is about a Mexican family whose youngest daughter has to look after her mother and is forbidden from marrying on account of this tradition. However, there's a problem: Pedro, the man who promised to love her forever has gone and married her sister. Tita (that's the name of the sister who was promised Pedro's undying love) is the family chef under an older woman in the family, and it's her duty to bake the wedding cake. However, when she does, she cries into the mirangue mixture and her sadness becomes contageous, so that the whole wedding ceremony becomes a crying mess. There's vomit and tears everywhere and she's blamed for all of this.

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