December 12,2021

Hey Brian,

Thank you so much for being a part of my life.  You take care of the parts of me that I don't know how to take care of.  You're so important to me.

You add brightness to my day.  I'm grateful for all the awesome, amazing ways that you are.

I cannot believe how lucky I am to have your attention.  Everytime I ask you if I can talk to you, and you actually listen to the things that I say, it's such a gift to me.

You're so much a man that fills my heart. I love the air that I breathe because you allow me to share with you the things that I find delightful. 

Betty Bassett

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It's thundering so hard Brian.  It must be awfully scary out there.

I know that you're working so hard to get things done. It's truly a miracle that you can do this. It just blows my mind.  

Thank you for being you.

I wanted to share with you the philosophy of stoicism. "The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts."

It's tempting to relive in your mind the trauma if your ex-girlfriend. It's a memory. It's in the past. The hardest thing is to allow it to be in the past. The hardest thing is to live in the present.  

It's not easy to let things go. You're mine just naturally dredges things up. It plays it over and over like a well-worn track.

You can let go of those thoughts Brian. You can do this.

You can think of the life that you're going to have with me. It's a bright future that we have in front of us.

The truth of it is that I'm your present. Your ex-girlfriend is your past. You don't have to be in the past with her anymore.