Reflections
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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard
If Kierkegaard is correct, then it must be equally true that by examining life backwards, one can significantly improve the life that lies ahead - forwards.
Utilising self-reflection, I have undertaken a painful observation of the common - and uncommon - experiences of my life, and extracted from those experiences lessons which I believe are of utility to all individuals and which, upon your viewing of the reflections within, I sincerely hope will be of utility to you.
I am dedicating the content within to notable historical figures of my life, including my past self.
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Hi all, this is my first official post of a book I wrote years ago! I hope you all enjoy as I was a teen using a pen and paper to express myself. So sorry for any mistakes and typos ! ******8 Time doesn't heal all. No matter how long. The seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years...only equal up to more pain. Time never offers a cure; it gives you all it can. Time. Time to remember. Time to relive. Time to feel every little thing it couldn't erase." Ethan- "Replaying an experience is like reliving it. Every word invites a memory. Every memory invokes a feeling, an emotion. It's impossible to say which hurts more. The first time is unexpected. The second time around you think you'll be ready for it...nothing changes. Everything you felt hits you harder." ********
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