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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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