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Tatiana Sakurai's avatar

Thank you for sharing this totally relatable story. ❤️

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DK Brainard's avatar

I’m so glad you can relate! ❤️

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Stella Blue's avatar

On another note. Ignoring my Intuition and finding myself smacking my brain and yelling things at myself like ...stupid fool! You knew! What the f is wrong with you... is still something that needs a bit of work and polish haha but the struggle is part of the journey is the message I personally received from your story 🙏

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DK Brainard's avatar

Also, I’m glad you’re still alive and kicking! Thank you for sharing that takeaway from the story. That definitely feels like an important piece. Everything in the Matrix is geared to keep us following orders and confirming to the norms (and many - if not most - of those orders are already internalized by the time we leave school). So, yes, I believe a certain amount of struggle is necessary for most of us.

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Stella Blue's avatar

Oh hello! You're back old friend! I thought you'd been consumed by the forest and become half man half tree guardian, cursing all who dare to enter your domain!

I was quite jealous. But here you are, still mostly human and very wise. I hope you had a wonderful break, reboot, vision quest, peace out, whatever. Happy to read your words 💛

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DK Brainard's avatar

Thank you, Stella! It was touch and go there for a while. Left to my own devices, I probably could just meld into some symbiosis of man/flora/fauna. But the Great Spirit said break time was over, so here I am.

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Mary Helmrich's avatar

Always a pleasure, DK, to learn more about you and your path from there to here. Looking forward to the next installment!

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DK Brainard's avatar

Thank you, Mary!

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