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<p class="s16" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">Guftugu With You</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> is the second journal I have made for </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">people who </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">want</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">to t</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">ake their first steps </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">towards</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> self-discovery</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">. The </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">inspiration for this</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> journal came upon me while</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> meditating after a session I had with one of my clients. </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">While </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">meditating</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">, I embarked</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">on a journey of discovering myself through my thoughts and actions. This made me wonder how many of us </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">proactively invest our time in conscious </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">self-talk</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p class="s16" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">You may not be aware</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">,</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> but you are always in conversation with your mind</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">. The things you hear</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> and </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">the things that are said to you by others</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> – </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">where do you think they go</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">?</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">The a</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">nswer to that is</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">: </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">your mind!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p class="s16" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">T</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">his mind of yours</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> the</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">n </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">talks back </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">to</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> you using the same language</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> you learn externally</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">. </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">In a hypothetical scenario where your </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">mind is only exposed to positive talk </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">in</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> your surrounding environment</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">, this would be very beneficial</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">.</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> In this scenario</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">, you </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">would</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> have no problem leaving your mind unchecked and in autopilot</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">,</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">as all the conversation</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">s your mind </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">would have with you</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> would</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> be filled with positivity</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">. And, as </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">the phrase goes, </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">you </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">would live happily ever after!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p class="s16" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">However, the reality of life is that this is nothing but a utopian hypothesis. No matter where you belong, where you gr</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">ow up and who </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">your</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> primary socialization influences are</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">,</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">your</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"></span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">mind will be exposed to negativity.</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">When we establish this, the harms of leaving your mind unchecked become rather clear, do they not? </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">If not</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">, </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">allow me to </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">clarify</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p class="s16" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.38; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">If you leave negativity unattended in your mind – </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">irrational </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">negativity that </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">may have</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> nothing to do with your current situation</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> – it grow</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">s</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> and fester</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">s</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> through constant </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">unmonitored </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">self-talk. This inevitably</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">lead</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;">s</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-size: 1.5em;"> to the formation of</span></span><s
