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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Let Fearful Children Lie

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Submitted by Katy on April 29, 2008 - 15:39.

They took the little girl to a
therapist for her irrational
fear of rain.
She talked and cooed and
tried to explain the safety of
the water that
drips from the sky.
But the little girl wouldn't
be calmed or
convinced into thinking
that it was all fine
and perfect when she
had dreams of it
breaking in her ceiling
and drowning her without
any apology.
"Well what about
your tears?
They fall from
your eyes.
Isn't that just as
scary?"
The little girl
took duct tape and
never let another tear
slip through.

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