"To quote a line you advised another... "The only way out is through." That's what I'm doing"

And how long have you been working at it, Darrel? You haven't figured out it's not working for you, that you're digging through the wrong tunnel?

Remember, I'm not your wicked step-mother nor your unprotective father, or anyone else that messed with you before. You don't need to unload your anger at them or society on me! My remark wasn't as you call it, "self-agrandizing." It comes from experience. It comes from having tried and failed and tried again. It comes from the knowledge that when one doesn't want to look inside at themselves they play "avoidance" games. I could apologize for sounding "self-agrandizing," but I have no need to. The anger you feel is not about "me," it's about "you" and your past experiences.

Take a look at what I posted in Serenity's thread on "Beauty." STOP - THINK - ACT

<font color=blue>Don't die with your music still inside you.</font color=blue>