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#BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, OH WHAT WE STORE! SILENTLY ABHOR! TO OUR DETRIMENT, {CHANGE}THAT SHOULDN'T BE IGNORED. DOING NOTHING OR LESS, WHERE PERTINENT, INSTEAD OF MORE! TURNOUT/BURNOUT...AN UNEVEN SCORE. EATING, DRINKING, SMOKING, "YOU NAME IT" REGARDING OUR COPING...AND THIS IS NOT A BLAME OR SHAME, JUST AN HONEST REVEALING THROUGH LIFE'S DAY- TO-DAY DEALINGS, SUPPRESSED FEELINGS WHEN THEY COME TO CONTEND... INSTEAD OF DEFEND AND *MEND* OUR MIND AND SPIRIT! WELL... IT'S TIME TO TIGHTEN UP THE GLOVES MORE TIGHTER, TO BE AN EFFECTIVE FIGHTER; BECAUSE THE BIGGEST BATTLE IS THIS CONTENDER I CALL "THE THING" WHICH IS... A.K.A. THOUGHTS THAT COMPOUNDS SUFFERING. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST... OBSTRUCTING-OVERBEARING- OVERTHINKING (OVERRIDING) EVIDENCE, INVADING OUR SACRED "RESIDENCE" IT'S A POWERFUL S.O.B AT TIMES, YOU HAVE TO ATTACK DIFFERENTLY IN REGARDS TO PROPER PLACEMENT ALIGN! SERIOUSLY AND IMPERATIVLY... IN ORDER TO CONQUER ONGOINGLY, "USE YOUR VOICE AND EXERCISE CHOICE" REGARDING YOUR AWARENESS AND DON'T WANE ON YOUR EARNED PREPAREDNESS THAT IS BUILT-IN TOO, IT'S NOT JUST OUR THOUGHTS IN THE ARENA AS A SOLE DYNAMIC TO ULTIMATELY TAKE DOWN THE BEST OF YOU, "IT'S JUST A PASSING AND GOING" AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF IT'S VIEW. "IT ONLY HOLDS AS MUCH POWER AS YOU AND I LEND IT TO..." "DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS FEEDS OFF OF OUR WEAKNESSES. YET, IF WE'RE MORE ELECTIVE AND SELECTIVE IN CHANGING CHOICES, STRENGTHENING OUR VOICES, WE CAN DEFEAT ANY REPEAT THING: "THOUGHT" THAT SERVES ONLY TO NUMB OR SUCCUMB US TO LESS THAN WHAT WE DESERVE...WE ARE BETTER OFF "PLUCKING ALL WEEDS" WITH A CLEAR READINESS WHEN LIFE THROWS ITS CURBS... TODAY I'M IN THE RING...WITH "THIS THING" AND I'M PREPARED TO FIGHT LIKE HELL... IT'S POSSIBLE MY HEAD MAY SWELL... THIS DAMN THING PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING OVERWHELMING... BUT I, AND I'M SURE YOU TOO SHARE A COMPELLING! HAVING A KEEN* UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT RESIDES DEEP WITHIN ONE'S OWN DWELLING... A TRUSTED SELF-KNOWING & DIVINE "INNER TELLING" THAT GUIDES, DIRECTS AND PROTECTS OUR NEXT MOVE: INDESTRUCTIBLE GROOVE THERE... WHERE THERE'S NOTHING TO PROVE! *ELECTIVELY* "THE THING" GOT KNOCKED THE HELL OUT! DIDN'T HAVE TO SNEAK SURPRISE, NOR DID I HAVE TO SHOUT! FROM START... I KNEW WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT. (THE STEMMING AND IT'S CONDEMNING!) "I" "YOU"...GET TO DECIDE IT'S* CONDONING! "I CHOOSE DETHRONING!" GOOD BYE STUFF/FLUFF AND ANYTHING* THAT DOESN'T PROPEL ME ELEVATINGLY... THAT GOES FOR THOUGHTS/ACTIONS "NON-RELATINGLY" BEHIND {REMOVE TO IMPROVE} TRANSPARENCY DOORS...AND DOINGS! "TO FILTERING AND HEALTHY FUELING FULFILLINGLY; WITH WORTHWHILE ELEMENT TO EXERCISE AND IMPLEMENT WILLINGLY!" Renee D. Gross {GHPPR} September 6, 2023#
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