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Something Of Beauty For A Monday Morning (click the link and read along)

JonesCarpeDiem
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhnhtLR31KU
 

Hello World

Traffic crawls   Cell Phone Calls  Talk radio screams at me through my tinted window
I see a little girl, rust red minivan  She's got chocolate on her face
Got little hands, and she waves at me, yeah she smiles at me.
Well Hello World   How you been?
Good to see you my old friend Sometimes I feel, Cold as steel  Broken like I'm never gonna heal  I see a light, a little hope in a little girl, Well HELLO WORLD
Everyday I drive by a little white church,   its got these little white crosses like angels in the yard
Maybe I should stop on in, say a prayer  Maybe talk to God like he is there  Oh I know Hes there, Yeah I know Hes there
Well Hello World   How you been?   Good to see you my old friend,  Sometimes I feel as Cold as steel
And broken like I'm never gonna heal  I see a light, a little grace, little faith unfurl.  Well Hello World
Sometimes I forget what living's for, And i hear my life through my front door,
and I'll be there,  oh I'm home again  I See my wife, little boy, little girl, Hello World
Hello World  All the empty disappears I remember why I'm here  Just surrender and believe
I fall down on my knees Oh Hello World, Hello World, Hello World

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About the Author
Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.