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“History gets thicker as it approaches recent times.” – A. J. P. Taylor, historian and journalist

Alas, history invariably repeats itself, proving the scholars and cynics right, time and time again. Pun intended. It’s as if the mirroring years were plucked from the past and layered right over the present; a heavy cloak, bringing with it economic struggles, familial strife, environmental trauma, global conflict, and basic issues of human evolution. Indeed, it doesn’t take a genius to acknowledge the pattern. But…purposefully paying mind to this replication might just prompt you to see its place in your own independent life. Meaning, your own history repeating itself. Meaning, witnessing the funk you’ve caused, experienced, or dodged…show up again! Are there some lessons you would-could-should learned by now? Conversely, have you forgotten all the glorious things that also happened along the way…and how you woulda-coulda-should helped them reproduce? Perhaps, those fearsome forecasters wouldn’t lay on the guilt that we’re unavoidably doomed for burnt toast if we just worked smarter at getting the recipe right the first time around.

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“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight -it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower, president & general

I love a good underdog story, yes, pun intended. Who doesn’t? Where the ill-equipped, underdeveloped candidate steals the show with a surprising victory over the giant. Be it in sports, politics, education or the corporate world, we tune in to hear the details with our emotions on our sleeves and pom-poms in hand. Media and moviemakers have a field day delivering these tear-jerkers tales…for down deep we invariably identify with both conflict and hopeful contender. There’s a “scrapper” in all of us, willing to throw down and champion a cause. But regardless of the magnitude of the challenge, always trust that you’re armed with more than enough endurance, ammunition and chutzpah to match wits… and your triumphant stories will shield you beyond the ring.

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