(((Lilith))) In my mind...you're always on top! (Well, almost always)

Fzzy - Did you ever think you'd be such an inspiration?

osuche - stress is only harmful if you ignore it. Keep your friends close...and your enemies closer. Stress is your enemy, so remember what stress makes you want to do, and don't let it win. Stress makes me head to the coffeepot, and then makes me into a recluse. When I'm in stressful situations, I have to make a concerted effort not to shut myself off from the world. Ignoring the email or phone message only feels good for a minute. The second email or message compounds the stress tenfold. Now, I tell myself "This sucks...but if I don't do it now, it's gonna suck way worse. Just do it." Good luck, and reach out if you need to.

maddy - The food scale is a wonderful thing. I never realized just how big the portions I cook are. I knew we ate way more than "human size portions" and 3 ounces of steak looks so damn small! But cooking proper portioned meals satisfies the hunger, and doesn't make you feel stuffed. Good job!

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.