Fighting Ourselves

All I do know is as we age, the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier. . . much heavier.  With each passing year, the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher and higher.   . . . Long ago, the defenses I built to withstand the stress of my childhood, to save what I had of myself, outlived their usefulness, and I’ve become an abuser of their once lifesaving powers.  I relied on them wrongly to isolate myself, seal my alienation, cut me off from life, control others, and contain my emotions to a damaging degree.  Now the bill collector is knocking, and his payment’ll be in tears.
—     Bruce Springsteen
As quoted by:  Michael Hainey
From his article:  “The Mind is a Terrifying Place.  Even for Bruce Springsteen“
Published in:  Esquire Magazine;  dtd:  27 November 2018
[I found this quote on one of the blogs I follow:  “Live & Learn” which is located at:  https://davidkanigan.com/
The link to the specific post is:  https://davidkanigan.com/2018/12/04/will-i-be-confined-by-my-dna-or-will-i-define-who-i-am/
Please visit the original site if you have some spare time.   —   kmab]
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2022	The Grand Essentials
	Second 40
2021	Adding Spice
	Be Who You Must (Part Of The Plan)
2020	Mo, Cilla, Mushy Peas And Rain
	No New Wars
2019	An Epitaph For #45 (#LyingDonald)
2018	Before And After
2017	Verbs
2016	Not Too Tidy
2015	Little Understanding
2014	Open Early
2013	Movies And A Lifetime Of Lyrics
	This Truth
2012	Cheaper To Hold
2011	Resistance Is Futile
	One Great, One Enjoyable, One Terrible…
	Unfortunately, No Approval Is Required

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