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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...

Work out like no one is watching. Don't count blessings: positive or negative

Counting on others for happiness is a sure way to watch your life fall apart. 

Society is a toxic hotbed of such expectations at the moment. 

As a friend of mine pointed out some years ago:

"We don't reply because someone hasn't replied to us who we liked."

It goes round and around in a chain. . . 

This can build up to a point where people you've met in real life fail to text you afterward. 

For me that's unacceptable, and I will call those people out. 

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