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Dealing With Remorse

"When such as I cast out remorse, so great a sweetness flows into the breast. We must laugh and we must sing. We are blest by everything. Everything we look upon is blessed." – William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature (1865-1939). Every one of us [...]

The Compulsion to be Right (Not Happy)

I can’t think of one character defect I was more happy to be rid of than the compulsion not just to be right, but for it to be KNOWN that I was right.  I frankly can’t think of another character defect that caused me as much misery, shame, and anger as that one. Total honesty [...]