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Submitted to Contest #261
Gratitude, positive thinking, meditation…BLAH. As a born realist (with a healthy dose of pessimism thrown in), I have never believed in the power others placed in these practices.Life is what it is. Bad things happen. You deal with them and move on. That’s how I was raised. If one more person tells me to smile - or worse to count my blessings - I will scream! Loudly and in their face. What the hell is there to be grateful about, anyway? My life started unraveling last year, in the form of a break-up, a fire, and the passing of my dog. T...
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