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Trying To Understand The Fear I Had Of Truly Opening My Heart - First, You Have To Be Whole To Do That. The Fears, The Voices In My Mind Saying, "oh, You Don't Want To Do That, You Might Get Hurt, They Might Abandon You - "those Are Ghost Voices From My Mom And Dad.

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Trying To Understand The Fear I Had Of Truly Opening My Heart - First, You Have To Be Whole To Do That. The Fears, The Voices In My Mind Saying, "oh, You Don't Want To Do That, You Might Get Hurt, They Might Abandon You - "those Are Ghost Voices From My Mom And Dad.

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Address Things Now That Could Otherwise Turn Into Regrets.

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We Cannot Always Control Our Thoughts, But We Can Control Our Words, And Repetition Impresses The Subconscious, And We Are Then Master Of The Situation.

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I Find That Arduous Physical Labor Can Jump-start My Thought Process.

I Believe People Have Different Ways Of Approaching The Word. For Me, It's Metaphor, Written By People A Long Time After Christ Died And Interpreted By Specific Groups. I Read The Gospels That Aren't Included In The Bible. These Make Me Feel Good About Calling Myself A Christian.

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Our Youth Deserve The Opportunity To Complete Their High School And College Education, Free Of Early Parenthood. Their Future Children Deserve The Opportunity To Grow Up In Financially And Emotionally Stable Homes. Our Communities Benefit From Healthy, Productive, Well-prepared Young People.

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What I Learned Is, We Have To Listen To Each Other, Even When We Don't Agree, Even When We Think We Hate Each Other. We Have To Listen To Each Others Narratives. Not Interrupt Defensively, Or With Hostility, But Really Try To Open Our Hearts And Listen With Empathy. I Learned So Much From That Meeting. It Was A Very Difficult Thing To Do And It Was One Of The Best Things That I Ever Did In My Life. Look What Scares You In The Face, And Try To Understand It. Empathy, I Have Learned, Is Revolutionary.

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