A\u00a0famous celebrity is in her favorite restaurant and the Maitre D’ gives her a note. <\/p>\n Many people are concerned lest they go through some terrible experience, again!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n But you can’t. <\/p>\n Do you (quietly \/unconsciously) modify everything you do lest something bad happen to you, like last time. <\/p>\n Look at those things that are<\/span> repetitive in your life (good or bad) and notice just how different you now see them because of<\/strong> those very<\/strong> experiences! Not so bad second time around.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now think of things you stop yourself from doing lest something bad happen, \u2018again’.<\/p>\n * Change jobs.<\/p>\n * Take a vacation.<\/p>\n * Speak up.<\/p>\n Do\u00a0something you always wanted to!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ————————–<\/p>\n These are related:<\/strong><\/p>\n 3<\/strong> Cumulative Knowledge<\/a> – 9<\/strong> Worry<\/a> – 20<\/strong> The \u2018Gift\u2019 of Knowledge<\/a> – 22<\/strong> Attitude<\/a><\/p>\n 30<\/strong> Ever-changing Relationships<\/a> – 36<\/strong> Prime Time<\/a> – 59<\/strong> Hesitation<\/a> – 60<\/strong> Patterns<\/a> – 62<\/strong> Contex<\/span>t<\/a><\/p>\n 63<\/strong> Free Will<\/a> – 78<\/strong> Process<\/a> – 85<\/strong> Babies<\/a> – 87<\/strong> Barriers<\/a> – 98<\/strong> Third Time<\/a> – 100 <\/strong>Ransom Notes<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A\u00a0famous celebrity is in her favorite restaurant and the Maitre D’ gives her a note. Her friends say, “Wow, it must be important, we know you don’t like to be disturbed when you eat.” After glancing at the note she replies, “Oh, it’s just my lawyer informing me that my divorce is through.” “You’re taking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-emotions","7":"category-insight","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHer friends say, “Wow, it must be important, we know you don’t like to be disturbed when you eat.”
\n<\/em>After glancing at the note she replies, “Oh, it’s just my lawyer informing me that my divorce is through.”
\n<\/em>“You’re taking it fine.”
\n<\/em>“Well, it is<\/span> my eighth<\/strong> husband, after all. I wasn’t like this for my first!”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBecause the second time has the first time’s experience to contend with. (1 + 1 = 2!)
\nThe first time I kissed, compared to now.
\nThe first time I got a job, compared to now.
\nMy first apartment, compared to now.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>It can never be that bad.<\/em><\/strong> Even if exactly<\/span> the same thing happens, it would happen to the ‘you’ who now has the experience of the first time in you.<\/p>\n