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Finding Support Within and Without
Everyone has people who support them, but the answers lie within.
Depending on the situation, most people have someone whom they can turn to. This can take any number of forms, including phone calls, in-person conversations, text messages, and even books and blogs and such.
Sometimes you will find the support you need in the impersonal. This is because, when all is said and done, everything is an inside job.
The only person inside your head is YOU. Nobody thinks your thoughts, feels your feels, or acts upon them but you. And this can feel very, very lonely.
Let’s set the record straight. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Everybody has experience with this because everyone is alone inside their own head. Nobody but me is in my head, nobody but you is in your head. Even when you take in the ideas of other people, they only have access inside your head that you allow them. You are still the only resident.
As such, no matter where you turn for support, the answers lie within you. Nobody else is empowered nor even capable of making decisions for you. Even if you allow them to choose, you have still, when all is said and done, decided on doing just that.
Many people find the idea of being in charge of themselves and accountable to be frightening. This…
