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the mountainview confessional

where to find your desires

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Jim Dalling
Jan 03, 2024
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This is likely the most dry post you’ll read here on the foolsletter in a while.

And?

I think it might be fun.

Ok.

So, what do you want?

Perhaps not right now, but in general.

Can you define it?

Those nagging, aching wants?

The kind of hopes and desires you experience calling out from your guts, nuts and brains?

And?

When do you want it / them?

Right?

You know the times when you experience those wants when you feel like there’s a small child in your chest calling out, crying out in the night?

don’t put small children in your chest. They would be very small, babies really. That would feel terrible for both you and the baby if you had one in your chest. If the voice seems like that of a small child - that’s ok. If you actually have a small child in your chest? Call 911 right away. 

Then, there are those dreams you have when you look at your bank balance. What do the numbers do to your brain? How do they impact your nervous system?

Do you get all jittery, filled with yearning like a hyper dog practicin…

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