Has that problem got you in an emotional stir?
I've had problems that get me more twisted than a day-old Philadelphia pretzel. It's all geometry and no flavor. The image is there, but the joy is gone.
It doesn't need to be that way. We can center ourselves long enough to minimize the emotional load. We can see what's there, without adding our fifty ways of stressing out.
Most problems are easier to solve once you take the emotion out.
Worth a try?
-- doug smith
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