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I Miss The Person I Used To Be Before Everything Went To Hell

Yesterday, a friend I hadn’t seen in a while sent me a text saying, “I miss you, John!”

Immediately, I replied, “I miss me, too!”

Like many truthful things, the reply arrived housed in humor but left a terrible lingering aftertaste of regret.

I was joking, but I also wasn’t lying.

I wonder if that resonates with you: the grief of remembering the person you used to be before this sickening season began; of wondering what in the hell happened to that previous iteration of yourself?

When I think about the millions of people I’ve crossed paths with over the last decade doing this work, there is…

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