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Stated another way, it's our perception of pain that will impact the world. To hold pain in your hand and admire it for what it is, then it finally loses control over you.

I know few men that sit with pain as I do. I've become a friend to it but willing to show the world the fire is ready for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSPZ7jgEDuI&ab_channel=StevieNicks

Life is a buffet with many spices. Some moments are sweet and tender, others are sharp and sour, spicy, bitter, and everything in between. It's all part of the experience of being alive and should be cherished. Once we return to the void, the buffet is over.

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We seem, then, to understand each other. Here is to your spice and to mine. *drinks air*

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