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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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Diary of a loser

I woke up with crows thrashing around on my roof, just above my head. From what I know about crows, these are big black creatures with a patch of white on their breasts. The crows are never peaceful animals; they come to bring noise and destruction. That's how my life feels right now, ripped apart by scores of crows. I feel defeated and I don't seem to know a way out of it. There are vague glimmers of all that could have been, but I must confess that it feels like the insanity has smashed everything. Whatever I had hoped to achieve, it has turned to dust. Whatever dreams there were are covered in grass. The crows know this. That's why they're up on my roof.

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