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Debbie Smoker - Published Author - Mystic - Stained Glass Artist
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Debbie Smoker - Published Author - Mystic - Stained Glass Artist
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Turn On Your Magic Eyes no longer wish to carry on with this life. Somehow, the horrors of the first part of my dream woke me up to the fact that I’ve been hiding from myself. I really am in pain and have been controlled by outer forces. The tears come in a rush again. I know somehow that the dream was trying to tell me that my body will get sick and die if I don’t get a grip on the meaning of life soon. But the dream ended with hope, indicating that it is possible to be happy and fulfilled. But how? I lie still and stare blankly at the ceiling for a while, then rise slowly and pad across the thick, white carpet to the bathroom. After relieving myself and splashing some water on my face, I head for the doorway and catch my reflection in the full length mirror. It startles me. “Do I know you?” I feel as though I’m above my body, really observing myself for the first time. My mirror image seems to speak to me. “Look at you. Your name is Paul Bacchus. You are a thirty-eight year old, single, white, upper middle class, college educated American. You were born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and experienced the kind of placid, serene childhood that small towns provide. When you were eleven your father received a promotion and your family relocated to Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Life here became more serious, as you were exposed to some of the more hellish things in our world. While in your teens, your curiosity drove you to explore the underworld of downtown Chicago. It left some unpleasant scars on you and you began to build walls around yourself for protection. “Since you are an only child and your parents were both professionals it was always assumed that you, too, would be college educated and self sufficient. So it is that you found yourself wrapped up in a high stress, but well respected and well paid job at IBM. You did the traditional thing, bought a comfortable (if not showy) home, married, |
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