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Time

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Wounds heal.
Scars fade, a little.
Trauma endures.
And the pain just never really goes away, completely.
Time is supposed to heal all wounds, if there is enough time. In the end God heals us if we come to him.
But in this mortal life we endure pain, and we have to have a relationship with it.
Some people avoid pain at all costs, that is an option but I don’t think it is a very good one, the swamp of addiction lays along that road.
Some people turn it into anger, but that road leads to hate and suffering.
Some people accept the pain, as a spouse, someone who is always there, sometimes quiet and sometimes very demanding, but with acceptance comes something else, peace.
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This is one of the more challenging things you can accomplish in this life. It's hard to discover who you really are, because it is so easy to be distracted by the needful, the shiny or the squirrel. 
But take the time to take a step back and look at the things you gravitate to in all parts of your life. 

Even if you do figure it out you still need to decide what to do with it. Do you dedicate your life to it and turn it into a job, that has certain downsides. Or do you make a deliberate hobby that you cultivate. Don't be surprised if you have to balance between basic needs and what you are good at for a while.

The journey is as important as the destination, actually maybe more since the destination may change due to having to live with the consequences of other's choices, so enjoy the journey.
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Who are you?

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    We spent a modest amount of time in the ER this year, mainly for Mother-in-law. There are certain patterns in troubleshooting. It doesn’t matter if its computers or a medical issue, you have to get the right data to the right person at the right time. The ER doctor was nice but he wouldn’t listen at first. He was stuck on a most-likely diagnosis guess. It was a good guess, it just was wrong and he wouldn’t listen at first. Once they ruled-out appendicitis, I could see him thinking about what to look for next and then I could tell him the information I had that he didn’t listen to before. They eventually got a surgeon in the room and I could give him all the data because he was listening and could do something with it.

    

    The company I worked for was acquired and now we are part of a very large company. I’ve worked for big companies before and now I understand some of the patterns I’ve seen a bit better. Managers are optimizers, they’ll take an existing process and hone it to a mirror shine. The only thing is they often don’t know if the process is a good one or not and don’t want to know because their paycheck depends on them not rocking the boat but boy howdy the knives come out when something rocks their boat. Organizations that are managed but not lead are not going to last. 

    

    There are lots of memes about 2 kinds of people. I don’t see it that way. I worked at a call center and there were several distinct groups. Among the workers were: students who just needed to make money for the semester; lifers, who were people that were resigned to what the job had to offer (not much); and rebuilders, people who took the job to try and rebuild their life after a significant setback. Among management were those that were following policy to the letter without thinking about it, others tried to balance policy with empathy and others were completely power-tripping. 

    

    An incident often reveals what people are like. The incident needs to be big enough to rock the boat but doesn’t have to be a huge disaster. Some people will panic, they may freeze or make the situation worse. Some people will fortify, protecting themselves at all costs. Others are like the people that Mr. Rogers talks about, they are helpers and help others even at cost to themselves. Still others are leaders who step up to the situation ignoring things that don’t work and find a way to make things right. 

    Tl;dr avoid assholes, gather helpers, avoid managers, find or become a leader


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Adventure

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"Adventure is out there." -Charles Muntz
Oddly, I rarely feel the need to go looking for adventure, it usually finds us just fine. 

In German, the word for adventure is abenteuer, which translated directly turns into "an expensive evening".

It would be nice if that was all that an adventure could be but some of our adventures either lasted a lot longer then an evening, cost a huge amount or both. Sometimes an adventure makes the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. 

Life is an adventure. It rarely goes as anticipated and often sends us in directions we never expected but it is the journey that is important. The destination you want to get to may be good, but be flexible, you may end up in a place you never expected, that is more amazing than you ever imagined. 
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Scars

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When it comes to life, scars are proof we did things. That we went out there into the arena and did something. That we stepped forth and made a stand for something.

    

    We may not have conquered. 

    We may not have won.

    We may not think we made a difference.

    

    I tell you, you did make a difference.

    

    You may not see the difference where you are but someone somewhere saw you and realized they too can make a go of it. Probably not right away but they are moved from inaction to action. 

    

    That makes all the difference. 

    

    Wear those scars proudly. It means that you survived and grew past what happened. 

    You know more about who you are then you did. 

    

    We may have been broken.

    We may have given up hope.

    But we stood fast

    And we healed

    And now we know 

    Wounds heal

    Scars fade

    And our spirits burn bright.

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