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Buck forces himself to slow down, take a second. Replay the last five minutes in his head. He can look at this logically, assess the facts: he and Eddie had gone out. He and Eddie had a few drinks. He and Eddie had been shooting the shit and now he’s rifling through his nightstand, grabbing for a device that keeps your dick from getting hard. Because Buck said he’d show it. To Eddie.

or: fȯr-ˈber-ən(t)s [noun] - patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation

Dave Dresden· — at Burning Man.

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“A billion and a half human souls, who had been given the techniques of music and the graphic arts, and the theory of technology, now had the others: philosophy and logic and love; sympathy, empathy, forbearance, unity, in the idea of their species rather than in their obedience; membership in harmony with all life everywhere.

A people with such feelings and their derived skills cannot be slaves. As the light burst upon them, there was only one concentration possible to each of them—to be free, and the accomplished feeling of being free. As each found it, he was an expert in freedom, and expert succeeded expert, transcended expert, until (in a moment) a billion and a half human souls had no greater skill than the talent of freedom.”

― Theodore Sturgeon, The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume IX: And Now the News...

Forgive As The Lord Forgave You

Don’t be angry with each other, but forgive each other. If you feel someone has wronged you, forgive them. Forgive others because the Lord forgave you. — Colossians 3:13 | Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) The Holy Bible, Easy-to-Read Version Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International. Cross References: Proverbs 19:11; Matthew 6:14; Romans 15:7; Ephesians 4:2; Ephesians 4:32

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We should deal with things one-by-one, starting with what’s doable. We should try to make at least a little more progress today, and allow ourselves to leave the rest for later. If we keep at this, we’ll make an unexpected breakthrough. Things will change for the better.

Sometimes there’s really nothing you can do—so then, don’t do anything. What’s important then is to keep on living, and not fall into despair.