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Old Tue Jan 18, 2005, 05:18pm
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Originally posted by OverAndBack
...I think I'm learning that we have to be above all that stuff, as much as it might pain us....
Actually, "rising above it" feels pretty good. In the moment, there is the smug satisfaction that comes with keeping one's cool, and then later at 2 am there are no nightmares, no apologies to compose. The next day, you've got no higher authority to answer to. Two weeks down the road, there is a very pleasant sensation of being mature and responsible, of seeing the bigger picture, of knowing you are the larger of the two people. Not bad stuff!
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