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Removing her fingers from the keyboard slowly and<br />
clasping her hands together, she responded…<br />
“Well, Mr. Thompson, we’re waiting for you to tell us.”<br />
Her response hit me and shook me to <strong>my</strong> core. I stood<br />
there as <strong>my</strong> eyes welled up with tears delivering a blank<br />
stare back at her as <strong>my</strong> mind began to process a reality.<br />
If they were waiting for me to tell them why I was there…<br />
that must mean I have the answers. And if I had the<br />
answers, I must have control.<br />
All this time when I thought I became a victim of<br />
circumstances beyond <strong>my</strong> control, a recipient of a bad<br />
karma and unfortunate events feeling powerless, I<br />
actually had the power to change everything at anytime.<br />
My business did not fail because of the econo<strong>my</strong>. My<br />
marriage did not end because <strong>my</strong> business failed. I did<br />
not lose everything because of chance, circumstance,<br />
destiny, consequence, divine will or intent.<br />
I lost everything because that’s what I chose to do.<br />
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