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Does it Feel Like Your Life is One Big Tug of War Pitting You Against the World?

Does it Feel Like Your Life is One Big Tug of War Pitting You Against the World?

If so, I have a great solution for you.

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Mar 27, 2025
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You ever play tug of war as a kid? It’s when two teams of people, presumably of equal strength, pull on a rope. The winning team is the one to pull the other over to their side.

Winning requires strength, energy and determination.

Most of us Earthlings live our lives this way. Only, instead of equal numbers of people on each team, it’s just us on one end and “the world” on the other.

What do I mean by the world?

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