The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Less than an hour after my waking, I crumbled up my plans for today. I quickly threw them into the white hot flame I once called resentment, though it seems to burn brighter and warmer now since I renamed it my acceptance. I thank God along with those mischievous spirits, for keeping me off-balance and without a firm agenda. Their intervention saved me from myself and from spending all day in the insanely tiny cell I constructed for my soul.
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