HAPPY EASYER 2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM RANCHO VISTA, PALMDALE, CA APR 01, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13621 TO 13625 MAR 31 2018

MY THOUGHT 13621
QUESTION 5223: EASTER: DO YOU NEED TO RESURRECT YOUR MORALITY FROM THE BOWELS OF MATERIALISM? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13622
QUESTION 5224: EASTER: DO YOU HAVE A MORAL CODE THAT YOU LIVE BY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESURRECT THOSE MORAL CODES THAT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN OR HAVE LOST? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13623
QUESTION 5225: EASTER: WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER: SPIRITUAL ABUNDANCE OR MATERIALISTIC BONDAGE? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13624
REFLECTIONS 008: EASTER: I ONCE SAW A CHURCH WHERE THE PRIEST HAD CHANGED THE ALTER. I LOOKED FOR THE CRUCIFIX, WHICH IS USUALLY CENTERED ON THE ALTER, BUT IT WAS NOT THERE. IT WAS TO THE SIDE AS A REMINDER OF SACRIFICES MADE. THE TRUE CENTER PIECE OF THE ALTER WAS THE RESURRECTION, WHICH SYMBOLIZED SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATIONS. I KNEW THAT THAT PRIEST WAS TRULY SPIRITUAL. MANY PEOPLE WANT EQUALITY WHICH IS A WONDERFUL GOAL IF IT IS ACCOMPANIED WITH FORGIVENESS FOR PAST INEQUALITIES. HOWEVER, MANY SEEK REVENGE FOR THE PAST INEQUALITIES THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED, SO RESISTANCE TO EQUALITY GROWS. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13625
REFLECTIONS 009: EASTER: A LONG TIME AGO, I HAD A PARTNER FROM AN ORTHODOX COUNTRY THAT CELEBRATED EASTER WITH RED EASTER EGGS. SHE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MY CULTURE’S WAY OF COLORING EASTER EGGS. SHE INSISTED ON RED EASTER EGGS. I FELT THAT IT WAS A GOOD GESTURE TO COMBINE BOTH WAYS OF COLORING EASTER EGGS. WE SPENT A DAY OR TWO GOING TO DIFFERENT ORTHODOX CHURCHES TO SEE IF THEY STILL HAD RED DYE. FINALLY WE FOUND ONE CHURCH THAT HAD ONE PACKAGE LEFT. MY TWO CHILDREN, MY THEN PARTNER, AND I WERE HAPPY TO HAVE A BLENDED EASTER CELEBRATION. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE IN A BLENDED ETHNIC, CULTURAL, OR FAITH-BASED SITUATION IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO DISCUSS THE BLENDING INTEAD OF INSISTING ON THE BLENDING. ETHNIC, CULTURAL OR FAITH-BASED DEMANDS WILL ONLY WEAKEN A RELATIONSHIP. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM SIMI VALLEY, CA, MAR 31, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13616 TO 13620 MAR 30 2018

MY THOUGHT 13616
EASTER QUESTION 5221: HAVE YOU BEEN INVITED TO A PASSOVER DINNER? IF YOU WERE INVITED, DID YOU ACCEPT? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13617
EASTER QUESTION 5222: WHEN JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED, THE ROMANS THREW DICE FOR HIS ROBES. WHEN YOUR FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL CRUCIFIXION, OR YOUR PHYSICAL TRANSITION, HAPPENS WHO WILL FIGHT OVER YOUR ACCUMULATED WEALTH? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13618
EASTER NOTE: YOUR FAILURES IN LIFE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO RETHINK AND TO REBUILD (RESURRECT) YOUR LIFE. THE DEATH OF A LOVED-ONE MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP HAS ENDED; THE SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES INTERNALLY AS LONG AS YOU WISH IT TO LAST. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13619
EASTER SUGGESTION: AFTER YOU HAVE BOUGHT YOUR ‘NEW OUTFITS’ FOR EASTER, GO THROUGH YOUR CLOSET AND PICK OUT YOUR CLOTHES THAT YOU TRULY LONGER NEED NOR USE AND GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE WHO IS IN DIRE NEED OF THEM. YOU MAY START THOSE PERSONS’ RESURRECTION OF THEMSELVES WITH YOUR GENEROSITY.
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MY THOUGHT 13620
EASTER SUGGESTION: REFLECT ON YOUR PAST CRUCIFIXIONS AND THE LESSONS THAT THEY HAVE TAUGHT YOU. SHARE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED WITH YOUR LOVED-ONES. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM ANTELOPE VALLEY POPPY RESERVE, CA MAR 29, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13611 TO 13615 MAR 29 2018

MY THOUGHT 13611
EASTER QUESTION 5218: WOULD YOU DENY YOUR FAITH BELIEFS FOR PHYSICAL PRESERVATION? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13612
EASTER QUESTION 5219: WOULD YOU ABANDON YOUR FAITH BELIEFS FOR MATERIAL OR FINANCIAL SECURITY? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13613
EASTER QUESTION 5220: WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU: YOUR SPIRITUAL OR YOUR MATERIALISTIC WORLD? WHY? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13614
REFLECTIONS 007: EASTER: EVERY CROSS THAT WE BEAR HAS LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM INTERNALLY. THOSE WHO SEEK JOY INTERNALLY WILL NEVER BE SAD. JOY FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES CAN ONLY ENHANCE INTERNAL JOY. FOR THOSE WHO DEPEND THE EXTERNAL TO BRING THEM JOY WILL ALWAY HAVE A VACUUM THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13615
EASTER: REMEMBER THAT BEING INVITED TO A PASSOVER DINNER SHOULD BE A GREAT HONOR IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN. YOU HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE AND CELEBRATE WHAT JESUS EXPERIENCED AT THE LAST SUPPER. BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM ANTELOPE VALLEY POPPY RESERVE, CA MAR 29, 2018

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THOUGHT 13606 TO 13610 MAR 28 2018

MY THOUGHT 13606
QUESTION 5215:WILL YOU BLESS THE NEEDY WITH YOUR LOVE, COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, AND GENEROSITY DURING THIS SO-CALLED ‘HOLY WEEK’.? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13607
QUESTION 5216: ARE YOU WILLING TO SIT DOWN EVERY EVENING OF HOLY WEEK WITH YOUR FAMILY AND BREAK BREAD WITH THEM AS JESUS BROKE BREAD WITH HIS FOLLOWERS CELEBRATING THE PASSOVER? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13608
QUESTION 5217: DURING THIS HOLY WEEK IF YOU HAD THE CHOICE BETWEEN SPIRITUAL LIBERATION OR MATERIALISTIC IMPRISONMENT, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13609
EASTER REFLECTIONS 006: WHEN THE SOLDIERS CAME TO ARREST JESUS IN THE GARDEN, PETER DREW HIS SWORD AND CUT THE EAR OF ONE THE SOLDIERS. JESUS STOPPED HIM AND ‘REPLACED’ THE EAR OF THE INJURED SOLDIER. THEN HE LEFT PEACEFULLY WITH THE SOLDIERS. THERE ARE THOSE IN EVERY RELIGION WHO WANT TO REACT WITH VIOLENCE. THE FIRST 400 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY WAS SPREAD WITHOUT VIOLENCE FROM THE CHRISTIANS EVEN THOUGH ROME AND OTHER CITY STATE PERSECUTED THEM. THEY FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF THE SCENE IN THE GARDEN AND SUBMITTED TO THE VIOLENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR BELIEF IN THE NON-VIOLENCE OF THE CHRIST. IT WAS WHEN ROME AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS USED THEIR FORM OF CHRISTIANITY TO UNIFY THEIR STATES THAT THE VIOLENCE OF CONFORMITY STARTED. ALL FAITHS ARE GUILTY OF THAT. EVEN IN BUDDHISM, AN ORIGINAL PEACEFUL NON-VIOLENT BELIEF, TURNED TO VIOLENCE UNDER ASHOKA IN INDIA AND THE WARRIOR PRIESTS IN JAPANESE HISTORY. EVEN WITH JIHADIST TODAY AS IN SUDAN AND SOMALIA. POLITICS AND RELIGION ARE NOT A GOOD COMBINATION. IF THE BUDDHA, THE CHRIST, AND MOHAMMED WERE PHYSICALLY HERE TODAY, THEY WOULD BE DEVASTATED TO SEE THE DIVISIVENESS AND VIOLENCE DONE IN THEIR NAMES BY POLITICAL LEADERS. THIS I FEEL KARL MARKS WOULD ALSO BE SHOCK BY THE VIOLENCE DONE BY POLITICIANS IN THRIR NAMES. GOOD FRIDAY SHOULD BE A REMINDER THAT NON-VIOLENCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF ONE’S DESTINY WAS PART OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN FAITH. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13610
REMEMBER THAT: REMEMBER THAT WHAT THE CHRISTIANS CALL THE ‘LAST SUPPER’ WAS ACTUALLY JESUS CELEBRATING THE PASSOVER. HIS GROUP PRAYER IN THE GARDEN AFTER THE PASSOVER SUPPER WAS AN ATTEMPT TO PASS OVER THE COMING DIRE EVENTS THAT JESUS WAS TO FACE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DISCIPLES FELL ASLEEP IN MID-PRAYER. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM ANTELOPE VALLEY POPPY RESERVE, CA MAR 27, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13601 TO 13605 MAR 27 2018

MY THOUGHT 13601
EASTER QUESTION 5212: WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU: YOUR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OR YOUR MATERIAL ACCUMULATIONS? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13602
EASTER QUESTION 5213: DURING THIS HOLY WEEK WOULD YOU RATHER DISTRIBUTE SOME OF YOUR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS TO THE NEEDY, OR WOULD YOU RATHER ACCUMULATE MORE MATERIAL POSSESSIONS? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13603
EASTER QUESTION 5114: WHICH DO YOU BELIEVE CAME FIRST: SPIRITUALITY OR RELIGION? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13604
EASTER SUGGESTION: HAVE YOUR FAMILY MEALS TOGETHER EACH NIGHT OF HOLY WEEK AND REFLECT ON THE SUCCESSES, THE FAILURES, AND THE COMEBACKS THAT THE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY HAVE ACHIEVED. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13605
EASTER: REMEMBER THAT THE PASSOVER THAT JESUS WAS CELEBRATING (THE LAST SUPPER) SYMBOLIZED THE BEGINNING OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE HEBREW PEOPLE FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGE (THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE HEBREW SPIRIT). ALSO, REMEMBER THAT THAT RESURRECTION WAS THE PASSOVER THAT WAS CELEBRATED BY JESUS. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT AND 40 YEARS OF RESURRECTING THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM FROM EGYPTIAN FAITH INFLUENCES. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM ANTELOPE VALLEY POPPY RESERVE, CA MAR 27, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13596 TO 13600 MAR 26 2018

MY THOUGHT 13596
EASTER QUESTION 5209: TO THE ATHEISTS, THE QUESTION NOT WHETHER THERE IS A GOD OR NOT; BUT HOW DEEP IS YOUR HUMANITY? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13597
EASTER QUESTION 5210: TO THE THEISTS, THE QUESTION IS NOT HOW TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF YOUR FAITH DEITY, BUT ARE YOU A GOOD ROLE-MODEL OF THE LOVE, COMPASSION, AND UNDERSTANDING OF YOU FAITH TEACHINGS? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13598
EASTER QUESTION 5211: WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT: THE RESURRECTION OF YOUR SPIRITUALITY OR THE DEPTH OF YOUR MATERIAL POSSESSION? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13599
EASTER REMEMBER THAT: ONE OF THE GREAT LESSONS OF ‘HOLY WEEK’ CONCERNS SUCCESS, LOYALTY, BETRAYAL, FAILURES, AND REGROWTH. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13600
EASTER REMINDER: EASTER WEEK (HOLY WEEK) IS A WEEK FOR SPIRITUAL RENEWAL. IT IS NOT A WEEK TO SHOP FOR NEW CLOTHES NOR TO ACCUMULATE SWEETS NOR TO INCREASE YOUR FINANCIAL DEBT. PASSOVER BEGINS ON GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT. JESUS WAS IN JERUSALEM TO CELEBRATE PASSOVER. WHAT CHRISTIANS CALL ‘THE LAST SUPPER’ WAS THE PASSOVER MEAL THAT JESUS WAS CELEBRATING. WOULD IT NOT BE A WONDERFUL GESTURE TO JOIN YOUR JEWISH FRIENDS AT A PASSOVER DINNER TO EXPERIENCE WHAT JESUS EXPERIENCED. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM ANTELOPE VALLEY POPPY RESERVE, CA MAR 26, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13591 TO 13595 MAR 25 2018

MY THOUGHT 13591
EASTER QUESTION 5206: THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF HOLY WEEK WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY PASSOVER. ARE YOU WILLING TO CHECK YOUR MORAL COMPASS DURING THIS HOLY SEASON? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13592
EASTER QUESTION 5207: ARE YOU WILLING TO GO INWARD AND REDISCOVER AND ENHANCE YOUR SPIRITUALITY DURING THIS HOLY SEASON? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13593
EASTER QUESTION 5208: WHAT IS THE STATE OF YOUR MORALITY IN THE PRESENT TIME? IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU, OR IS IT UNIMPORTANT TO YOU? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13594
EASTER REFLECTIONS 005: ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO QUOTE THE SCRIPTURES EVERY TIME FOR LEGITIMACY OF BELIEFS. IT SHOULD COME STRAIGHT FROM ONE’S ESSENCE. REPEATING THE SCRIPTURES IS FINE, FOR THEY ARE REMINDERS FOR EVERYONE AND SHOULD BE RESPECTED. WHEN YOU TRULY LIVE IT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO QUOTE THE SCRIPTURES TO JUSTIFY YOUR BELIEFS. ONESELF AND ONE’S SCRIPTURES SHOULD BE ONE. TEACH THE VALUES OF ONE’S SCRIPTURES, NOT ONLY THE WORDS, BUT ALSO THE VALUES THAT THEY EXPRESS. WORDS HAVE THE TENDENCY TO CHANGE MEANING THROUGH TIME AND THROUGH CULTURES. THE ORIGINAL MEANINGS AND VALUES OF THOSE SCRIPTURES SHOULD BE HONORED THROUGH TIME AND THROUGH CULTURES. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13595
EASTER REMEMBER THAT: THE CHRIST WAS A THREAT TO THREE BASIC GROUPS WHO WATCHED HIM ENTER JERUSALEM ON THIS DAY ABOUT TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. ONE OF THOSE GROUPS WERE THE REVOLUTIONARIES WHO WANTED TO USE VIOLENCE TO REMOVE THE ROMANS AND THE TEMPLE PRIESTS WHO COMPLY WITH THE WISHES OF ROME. ANOTHER WERE THE TEMPLE PRIESTS (MOST PUT IN OFFICE BY HEROD) WHO SAW JESUS AS A THREAT TO THEIR POWER AND CORRUPTION. THE OTHERS WERE THE ROMANS WHO FELT THAT JESUS COULD BECOME A DISRUPTIVE FORCE AND AROUSE HIS FOLLOWERS TO ARISE AGAINST THEM. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM SIMI VALLEY, CA MAR 25, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13586 TO 13590 MAR 24 2018

MY THOUGHT 13586
QUESTION 5205: DO YOU PAUSE AND THINK MINDFULLY BEFORE YOU SPEAK OR ACT? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13587
SUGGESTION: MINDFULLY LISTEN UNTIL YOU HAVE SOME IMPORTANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION. MINDFULLY PRESENT YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND RETURN TO THE POSITION OF A STOIC LISTENER. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13588
REFLECTIONS 004: WHILE I WAS AT ONE OF MY SONS’ HOME FOR A BAR-B-QUE, I OBSERVED THE THE GROWTH PATTERNS OF ALL THOSE THERE HAD VARIED IN SOME WAYS. EACH HAS THEIR OWN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO WALK. I WATCHED MY BLENDED FAMILY INTERACT AND SMILE. THERE IS JOY IN STILL LEARNING FROM MY CHILDREN AS THEY SEEK TO LEARN FROM ME. I SAW THE SPIRITUAL LIGHT COMING THROUGH SOME OF THEM. ALL IS WELL. WHEN IT IS MY TIME TO RETURN TO THE COSMOS, I WILL LEAVE VERY QUIETLY SO THAT NO ONE WILL NOTICE. I AM AT PEACE AT WHAT I SAW EXPERIENCED AT THAT BAR-B-QUE. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13589
CONTEMPLATION: WHEN SOMEONE REMINDS YOU THAT YOU OWE THEM FOR A PAST FAVOR, YOU MUST REALIZE THAT THAT FAVOR DIDN’T COME OUT OF COMPASSION FOR YOU BUT TO INCUR YOUR OBLIGATION TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13590
SUGGESTION: ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD MINDFULLY TO WHERE YOU’RE GOING; HOWEVER, MINDFULLY REFLECT ON WHERE YOU CAME FROM. EmilKoval©2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM SIMI VALLEY, CA MAR 24, 2018

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GOOD MORNING FROM SIMI VALLEY, CA MAR 23, 2018

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THOUGHTS 13576 TO 13580 MAR 22 2018

MY THOUGHT 13576
QUESTION 5202: DO YOU STILL CARRY RESENTMENTS ABOUT PAST EVENTS? IF SO, WHY? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13577
QUESTION 5203: IS YOUR ACADEMIC DEGREE A RECOGNITION OF YOUR MASTERY OF THE SUBJECT THAT YOU HAVE STUDIED, OR IS YOUR ACADEMIC DEGREE A TICKET TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE SUBJECTED YOURSELF TO THE POLITICAL CORPORATE POWERS? EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13578
PAIN: YOUR PAIN COMES FROM WANTING TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS RESISTING YOU. ACCEPT A CONDITIONAL DISTANCE AND YOU WILL BE FINE AND GROW. MAINTAIN YOUR ESSENCE, YOUR SKILLS, AND YOUR MIND’S EYE. THEY ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS. CHERISH THEM, NOURISH THEM, AND COLLECT THEM. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13579
CONTEMPLATION: TRYING TO HANG ON TO OLD FAMILY TRADITIONS IS A LOOSING BATTLE. THE POWERS IN CONTROL HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF DESTROYING FAMILY UNITY FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS OR MORE. THE ONLY TRUE PEACE WILL BE WITHIN ONE’S SOUL AND ONE’S MIND. ONCE YOU ACHIEVE THIS, YOU WILL ATTRACT SIMILAR PEOPLE WHO HAVE REJECTED YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE. EmilKoval©2018

MY THOUGHT 13580
TRADITIONS: NEVER MIND WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME FROM YOUR OLD TRADITIONS. IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM THE ADDICTIVE DEMANDS OF YOUR ‘TRADITIONS’, CHANGE THOSE DEMANDS TO PREFERENCES. YOU HAVE TO ADJUST TO THE REALITY OF THE NOW. ADAPT TO IT AND YOUR PAIN WILL SUBSIDE. IF YOU INSIST ON OLD TRADITIONS, THE PAIN WILL BE WITH YOU UNTIL THE CHANGES OR ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE. EmilKoval©2018

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