From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/15/25 10:10 PM, Mike wrote:   
      
   > I just watched the movie 'House At The End Of The Street'   
   > two days ago. The movie was about a guy who murdered his   
   > abusive parents by stabbing them to death. I'm not a movie   
   > watcher. I might watch maybe two movies a year.   
   >   
   > What is the likelihood a similar theme would make headline   
   > news, so soon after watching the movie?   
      
   Did you manifest the crime or did you foresee it?   
      
   > In regards to your question though. Yes, I would say 'No'   
   > I don’t confuse discomfort with error. I accept myself as   
   > a fact, not a goal. I have no emotional investment in   
   > being otherwise. Wishing to be different feels decorative,   
   > not necessary. I like fantasies, but I don’t grant them   
   > authority or that much value.   
      
   I don't see any excuses for saying "No."   
      
   Maybe if I was 78 or older, and not wanting to be stabbed to   
   death, I would choose not being stabbed to death. But not   
   only does 78 seem so far away to me but it's an unknown.   
      
   Will I make it that far?   
      
   I almost died... I don't know how many times!   
      
   The very day my nephew killed himself -- and I would not be   
   aware of his death for another day -- I was almost collided   
   with two different cars on the Mass Pike! And I don't know   
   how I didn't! And of course I was in the ICU with something   
   less than a 100% chance of success...   
      
   Many other "How did I miss that?" survival moments.   
      
   All of us could be hit by a meteorite tomorrow, or mistaken   
   for Trump and gunned down, or a wild animal attack... hit   
   by the proverbial bus...   
      
   So on the one hand we have no idea if we're even going to   
   survive to 78 in this life, while on the other we would   
   definitely make it that far BUT ONLY AFTER a life of   
   privilege and success... how on earth could anyone say "No?"   
      
   It's okay to want more. It really is.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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