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Originally Posted by a_hero
Im going for hide and hope because i reckon it gives me a small chance of coming out of this with zero embarrassment.
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I hope you realize by now that you shouldn't be nearly as embarrassed by your situation as you should be about your reaction and response to it.
Facing something you regret doing---and yes, feeling the embarrassment---is one keen way of learning a lesson on what not to do in life.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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