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I recently ran the risk of applying for my dream position within my firm. Still waiting to see if that cat survived. Thank you for posting this thoughtfully written piece.

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I got the job! The cat is alive.

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I love this. Esp the part about the ghosty lady from folkore who is prostrate on a fantasy life she doesn't have. Missing the parts of life she does. I tarot the 5 of cups is a bit like this. Mourning the loss, and ignoring the cups that are full. Thanks for the great post.

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wonderful post which will keep me thinking for a long time. It's a metaphorical cat and was chosen by a person who obviously doesn't care about real cats, but then i don't care about theoretical physics either. I do put off new tasks, such as installing gas heaters if I have never done it before. Once I do one, and don't blow myself up I am good to go. sometimes writers are reluctant to finish a book because of the expectation of rejection, but Amazon can solve that.

On self, i have always found it easier to care about other people than to care about myself. i sneak my needs and alternate lives into my fiction. Yes, love is dangerous coming or going and there is always the risk of betrayal. My characters think it is worth the price.

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