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NJ Fiction's avatar

I love when you bring back the old essays!! Pen is elite

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Stanley Fritz's avatar

Oh, this is a new essay, that's what I get for copy pasting my the opener from my last post without proof reading. LMAO

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NJ Fiction's avatar

Lmfaooo SIR! Welp loved it. Young Stanley was really going through it omg

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Stanley Fritz's avatar

😭😭😭😭

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Janine Agoglia's avatar

Brene Brown talks a lot about shame and I have found her work to be incredibly useful. Shame grows with secrecy, judgement, and silence, but shame cannot survive empathy. When you are stuck in shame, sharing your story with someone who has earned the right to hear it releases its power over you. Thanks for sharing.

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Tobi Odeyale's avatar

a brene lover here too 🙋🏽‍♂️

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Janine Agoglia's avatar

She's SOOOO GOOOOD!!!

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Fatima Mohammed's avatar

you're such a good storyteller

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Ricky Denham's avatar

Brilliant work as always. You don’t miss 🫡

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Shondra Bowie's avatar

Love this. It’s so beautiful.

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Tobi Odeyale's avatar

who else almost fell off their sit when tek called time out? 😂😂😂

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Shondra Bowie's avatar

I did!

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Kenroy Cherrington's avatar

South Park agrees with you. I do believe in shame (Rightful consequences) but..........redemption. Everyone has messed up and are imperfect but consequences causes people to do the right thing. Yet, let the person try to be better or, if you can't, leave them alone!

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