Beth and I broke up again yesterday. I won’t say much about it here — just that I’m OK. I want her to be happy. I want her to find the answers she’s looking for. I don’t have those answers.

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Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge.

-The Great Learning.