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MiHale

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7. My heart bypass surgery was scheduled...

Sun Nov 10, 2024, 09:08 AM

Nov 10

Almost to the day my Dad underwent his bypass surgery. He was 72. I was 61. He died never coming out of anesthesia…heart way too damaged to repair.

Luck on my side (my wife) I didn’t get that bad. But the coincidence was too hard to ignore. I was the most fearful that I’d ever been.

Dune was my favorite novel series next to Asimov’s Foundation series.
I printed out that saying, taped it to the mirror in my bathroom and read it every single time I entered and left that room. I now have caught up with my father in age not fearful of today…it works. It centers you. Still repeat countless times daily.

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"Fear is the mind killer" [View all] Magoo48 Nov 10 OP

The cause of all misery is wanting gab13by13 Nov 10 #1

My Jessica keeps this on her dresser ThreeNoSeep Nov 10 #2

Pain is all in mind - Spock Intractable Nov 10 #3

One of my favorite quotes. Thanks! Silver Gaia Nov 10 #4

Like everyone on D.U., I'm scared, pissed, frustrated and - well I failed the vocabulary section of 11th grade English - 3Hotdogs Nov 10 #5

serenity Magoo48 Nov 10 #12

fear and distrust are the meat and potatoes of dictatorship The Wandering Harper Nov 10 #6

My heart bypass surgery was scheduled... MiHale Nov 10 #7

I'm focusing on what I can do NewEnglandAutumn Nov 10 #8

Yes. Magoo48 Nov 10 #15

I make fear my ally. It is designed as a warning system to keep us from danger. Clouds Passing Nov 10 #9

I sit or stop. I face it while it enters. I ask what is the underlying cause. Magoo48 Nov 10 #10

Exactly! I ask my fear what it is telling me. Clouds Passing Nov 10 #11

Yup. Magoo48 Nov 10 #13

This will be a stress test for American (and maybe) global democracy jfz9580m Nov 10 #14