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		<description><![CDATA[; It&#8217;s a quarter to seven on a Sunday morning. I&#8217;m just back from shul. I&#8217;ve been there since six in the afternoon yesterday. You see, we are celebrating Shavuot, when we, in addition to eating hideous amounts of dairy food [particularly cheesecake, which I really don't like], we do a full night of studying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1412&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m back from my trip to Sweden, and at the moment it feels like it has done me a world of good. It was simply great to spend a whole week with my sisters and their little families and just enjoy being alive. The weather was great and although we all took turns taking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1406&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a couple of pretty good days this week. A blessed change, let me tell you. Even managed to go into town one day to do a bit of shopping. Can&#8217;t even remember the last time I did that. Didn&#8217;t stay out for a particularly long time, only a bit over an hour, but it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1381&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When You Have No Voice &#8211; Making A Decision To Communicate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time, I know, but I&#8217;ll try to put you all back in the picture, as I know you will have all been eagerly awaiting my next update. [What? No?] In the last few weeks I have been dealing with one of those much dreaded periods of flashbacks, and things have often [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1361&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[* &#8220;..I&#8217;m not crazy, I&#8217;m just a little unwell I know, right now you can&#8217;t tell But stay awhile and maybe then you&#8217;ll see A different side of me..&#8221; * I guess there are no easy ways to talk or write about this, but as this is supposed to be an honesty-focused blog I&#8217;ll just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1320&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Key Rules For Surviving The Present</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[* &#8220;..when all I really want, I said to myself, is to survive the present..&#8221; * Sitting here, alone. Trying to somehow keep it together. And failing miserably. I feel like I&#8217;m a prisoner in my own life, and while there may well be a key to the lock, it seems impossible to find. Or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1288&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everybody searching for a hero People need someone to look up to I never found anyone to fulfil my needs A lonely place to be So I learned to depend on me I decided long ago Never to walk in anyone&#8217;s shadows If I fail, if I succeed At least I live as I believe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1254&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Step Closer To The Edge [..And I&#039;m About To Break..?]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four sessions to go until A. goes on maternity leave. At the most. These last few weeks since our Christmukah break I&#8217;ve been living with the worry of suddenly having a message that A. has gone into premature labour and thus leaving me to fend for myself without even getting to have the Final Session. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1242&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Something That Scares You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ..and I heard that voice: Do something that scares you Do something that makes you feel And I stood on the edge of that cliff And I realised I was all alone With no way up Or down Yet I started to climb Up, up, up And I could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&#038;blog=19398726&#038;post=1192&#038;subd=whatittakes2bme&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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