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When I Allow Myself To Feel All My Feelings Instead Of Numbing Myself To Them, They Pass More Quickly. I Spent My Entire Life Telling Everyone I Was "ok, Damn It." But When You Surrender To The [uncomfortable] Feelings, There Are Gifts On The Other Side: Allowing Yourself To Feel Loneliness Forces You To Reach Out. Letting Yourself Get Angry Gives You Strength, Energy And Motivation.

I'd Just As Soon Freeze To Death.

I Was Always Told I Was Special. And I Was Also Assured That I Had A Gift And A Purpose.

Daily Meditation Keeps Me Sane. I Memorize Prayers Or Poems That Express My Highest Spiritual Ideals, And Quietly, Word For Word, Go Through The Prayer First Thing In The Morning. Julian Of Norwich Or St. Francis Or The Compassionate Buddha. It's Called Passage Meditation. You Internalize The Perennial Philosophies.

I Have A Responsibility To Nurture And Shepherd My Talent And When I'm Living The Parts Of My Life Not Related To That I Feel I Have The Right To Be Left Alone.