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Good Grief

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I Feel Great

I Feel Great

And it scares the sh!t out of me.

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Jeanette Brown
Oct 18, 2023
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My poor readers. First you have to listen to me share the grief of my life. And now you have to listen to me freak out about feeling good.

I’m sorry.

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I seek peace and tranquility. Only to find feeling it makes me extremely insecure.

Cuz it ain’t gonna last.

I know this. We ALL know this. I suspect I am not the only one afraid of peace and tranquility.

I just haven’t felt it in so long I forgot about the insecurity that comes from feeling safe.

Have I made myself feel unsafe to avoid how terrified it makes me to feel safe?

I am stronger than I have been in YEARS. Which should be cause for celebration. Except it makes me feel like I suddenly need to do all the things I’ve been putting off until I felt stronger.

Which is A LOT OF THINGS.

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