The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Move toward the pain, smile if you can, laugh even. Just do it; you won’t be sorry. God Almighty it hurts! White hot dull then sharp suffocating almost completely overwhelming finally stillness. Is it still there? Of course, I can still feel it, though a little less. Still familiar, I make friends with it; we have an understanding called serenity.