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As I have shared a few times, I was seriously injured in a workplace accident over two years ago. This past March, I was finally declared to have achieved maximum recovery. I have a measure of permanent disability, but I am able to live independently and do some of the same things I used to.…
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There is something new to be learned every day. Sometimes its a major life lesson. Sometimes is as simple as discovery a new flavor of ice cream. Mostly though it’s finding out that a perspective on something known has changed. I honestly believe that the course of the day is set by how the day…
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I grew up with a strange mix of values. My parents split up and me and my sisters were raised by our mom while my brothers grew up with our dad. Times were very hard for us as my immigrant mother had trouble finding work and the welfare we received wasn’t enough. We often approached…
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I have often found myself wondering where the line is between resignation and acceptance. Ultimately the end result is the same between the two, but how it is reached is markedly different. One is the high road with clear visibility and the other goes through the dark undergrowth of festering weeds. The definition of resignation:…
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The relationship I share with my employer is fundamentally one of economics. They pay me to dedicate some of my personal energy for the benefit of their bottom line. If I am not successful enough to earn them the amount of money they have deemed my efforts to be worth, then I will no longer…
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I was one month shy of turning 33 when my mom died. Not too young to lose her, but she was the most significant loss I had experienced. As a child of elementary school age, I lost an uncle in the Vietnam War, but because he was in the military, I didn’t see him often.…
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I admit to not just knowing I don’t always fit in with the people I am surrounded by, but also to not really caring about it. It creates a conundrum of not being liked but not caring enough about that to alter my representation of self. It has worked well enough for me thus far.…
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I have never been what one might call a go getter. I have been pretty satisfied with seeing a situation for what it was and doing the best I could with it. With a few exceptions, I didn’t seek to stand out in any way. Being one of the crowds was very much my comfort…
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I just finished reading Percival Everett’s “reimagining” of the character of Jim from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. To give the book its due in its own terms, I reread Huck Finn immediately before beginning “James.” Mark Twain left much room for the character of Jim to be developed. But through Mr. Twain’s storytelling, we…
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