I like the sound of three word phrases; "Fools rush in", "Greed is good", "Character is destiny". That one comes up a lot when people are staring down the barrel of starting a whole new life. In the witness protection program, they take the witness's documents, jewelry, pictures, they take it all. And as much as the witnesses know they have a chance to start fresh, I keep a stash of photographs on my computer of a man who said he cared, said I was important, and said that I was in good hands, and then never showed up in person before leaving for good. Witnesses can't hold on to anything. They are lucky if they get to keep their secrets.
For the chronic do gooder, for the happy go lucky sociopath, for the dysfunctional family, under the gun, everyone reverts to who they are. We may hunger to map out a new course, but for most of us, the lines have been drawn since we were five.
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