In Search of Gumption

In Search of Gumption

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In Search of Gumption
In Search of Gumption
Why I Write
In Search of Gumption

Why I Write

And how to transform your suffering

Jan 30, 2022
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"Where do you find the inspiration to do all these things that you do?" someone who I barely know asked me recently.

“From Pain." I replied. This resulted in an awkward silence that could slit a throat.

The person wished me sunnier days in my future, before anxiously changing the subject. I found that counterintuitive, but accepted her wish because sunn…

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