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"If he doesn't think before he speaks, how is he going to think before he acts?"

"You can't take care of anyone if you can't take care of yourself, first."

"But I have certainly been an idiot. Not only did I not recognize the possibility that I might be killed, I've never REALLY considered the effect my death might have on everyone else in my family."


Sometimes I wonder who we think of. I mean, who are we considering when we make our daily decisions. Are we all that self-centered? Is our focus turned so inward that we forget what and who we have around us?

Do we know who we are? Do we know ourselves?

I know that I know myself better than I have before. I know that I ignore myself too often and I focus on myself just as often.

I know that I am in denial. I know that it's making my stomach hurt.

I know that I'm working hard at something that I should only be giving half as much effort to. I know that the other half of that effort isn't being given where it should.

I know that my bottomless pit of hope actually has a bottom. I know that I now give up where I used to fight infinitely.

I know that words mean nothing. Actions mean everything.

I know that I'm better than this. I know that I deserve better than this. I know that I've had better than this. I know that I'm at the doorstep of something much better than this.