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Spring Ahead

Is anybody afraid of the Spring & summer light?  I find I go into hiding, and that I can't compete with the "normal" world....it's crushing.

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Earthquakes

What was it like having close friend?
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i feel like im back at the beginning

Summer7,
Let us know how the doctor's visit goes...we're all keeping our fingers crossed.
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Earthquakes

Thanks Davit,
 
 
So Debi,
What was it  like losing your close friend Molly?
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Positive Thinking, Part II

Samantha,
Did you already begin this last Thursday March 10, or are you beginning this today?
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Freaking out

Ducky,
 
I could never settle myself emotionally to get begin a first year in a university, as much as it was a dream.  I ended up on academic probation at two universities and the shame that goes with that.  
Eventually went to a community college, where I had to settle to a self-paced environment.  When I completed the community college diploma, settling for a two year, rather than 3 year programme, I avoided the convocation, which my psychiatrist attended!  He gave me a gift at my session of a cross pen, which means a great deal to me.
 
My career is over,  unable to accept a retirement party..I just basically walked out of the office, after coming from very humble beginnings(I had to leave school and fund my own education to be promoted on my merit).
 
Have to look after elder in the family now...
 
So Ducky,
You've fulfilled my dream of going to university!  So how do you keep from comparing yourself to others?
 
 
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Freaking out

Ducky,
To clarify, how do you avoid comparing yourself in academia, since there are high expectations, and you have to have selected as the cream of the crop...
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Positive Thinking, Part II

Red,
It's great when someone asks the same question.  I was always the brave one in class who asked the questions, but it backfired in the most recent work environment where asking questions was seen as being unacceptable, and a source of ridicule...funny since I began my career in the same company where it was okay.
 
The culture changed I guess.
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Hi, I´m CdnGuy, but please just call me Guy

Sounds like that "What If" poem...
 
WhatIF
 
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long"and sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatiff I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whaif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatiif my parent get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whaif I neverlearn to dance?
Everything seems swell, and then
The nighttime Whatifs strike again!
copyright @1981 Evil eye music, inc
 
Guy, someday we'll learn to let the "what ifs" slide off our backs...