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Proverbs 18:1 

18 One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires;
he rejects all sound judgment.

 

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Isolation’s danger is dullness of the mind.

Is when one discovers what has been before?

The sins of the past will always be with you

and will choke unless kicked out of the door.

 

The good of the past triggers jealousy in existence

Most of the best has been forgotten through the days.

Counting blessings seem overshadowed easily

by today’s troubles ... as survival has its say.

 

Am I lost in myself without others around me?

Is this form of selfishness ... that leads to destruction?

Self-indulged a frame of mind that needs no penetration

for it survives on its own ... killing what is kind.

 

Jan Wienen

 

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