Category Archives: Personal

Feelings Of Betrayal Are Irrational And Unnecessary Drama

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Luke Ford

If you feel betrayed, it is only because you want to give an irrational and emotional reaction to somebody having different priorities from what you imagined. Your spouse didn’t betray you by having an affair, she simply had different priorities. … Continue reading →

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Gaining Comfort With Myself, With Others And With God

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Luke Ford

I’ve long had a hard time looking people (aside from friends and the few I felt comfortable with) in the face. I guess it reflects a fundamental lack of ease I have had with myself, with God and with others. … Continue reading →

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Confronting Yourself

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Luke Ford

I think about myself about 90% of the time. Is this percentage normal for a single person? The happier I am, the less I think about myself, and the unhappier I am, the more I think about myself. I suspect … Continue reading →

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My Neediness Is As Big As The Grand Canyon

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Luke Ford

Just before my 40th birthday, my ex-girlfriend Holly, who was throwing me a party, said to me on the phone about her shopping for my gift, “What do you get the guy who has nothing?” She had looked into the … Continue reading →

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The World Frightens Me

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Luke Ford

I was in shul watching a siddur (prayer book) about to fall off a shelf and I felt physically sick, my stomach wrenched, as I waited for its fall (it didn’t, someone grabbed it). When I watch the same thing … Continue reading →

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