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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...

Be content in this: That you are trying

 


She is fresh. I am not.
She is trendy.
My skin is like a potato
My voice heavy
like lead.
And my thoughts
Dull and flaking 
I do not deserve her.
I do not wish to pay.


So what do we do? Us men whom she no longer requires for anything more than our money? 

Are we do abandon ship? 

Are we to abstain for a lifetime? 

There is much that comes from not focusing on what we do not have. 

That if we let it go, it doesn't haunt us. 

For as a very wise philosopher-girl once told me: 

Wanting to no longer be alone is infinitely worse than the loneliness itself. 

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