Morning Musings: October 5

So, what’s my point in examining this aspect of my thinking?  Because, when I am doing something that I really regret (in hindsight of course), I have always justified it somehow.  When I take the time to examine just how […]

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Morning Musings: October 4

I have to laugh when I hear myself trying to lay the blame for my bad habits at the feet of my parents.  First of all, all on my own I have eaten ten times worse than anything my mother […]

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Morning Musings: October 3

I can hear my self-delusion more clearly when I try to explain it to someone else.  First of all, if it takes four pages of explanation, you can be pretty sure I am rationalizing something.  I never even really discuss […]

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Morning Musings: October 2

I once heard it said that no one does anything that they really think is wrong.  Instead, they convince themselves that it is “OK under the circumstances”.  Apparently that even includes murderers.  If you asked them, they would give you […]

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Morning Musings: October 1

Mind Games can take any form that gets the job done – promises, excuses, rationalizations, self-pity, self-recrimination, blame, perfectionism, etc.  But they all have one thing in common:  they disempower me by letting me off the hook from figuring out […]

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