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Catalyst to Change (a good thing).

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On the eve of a midterm election, one that my wife and I as average American citizens must admit to being of more importance than past elections, I must say, even with rising tensions, I see good things. The, "good" as I mention is not in how we traditionally, see, "good" or pleasurable, but "good" like heat to cow's milk makes the cream rise to the top. When things that are good, bad, indifferent, or effective, ineffective, or merely existing, they can sit, stagnant, never forced to grow, never encouraged to bring about strengths. As a therapist to war veterans, I find it fascinating that many of our nation's toughest struggle with daily life. They receive the diagnosis of PTSD, and take medications, or use some other method to "manage" themselves because war experiences have forever altered their mind, making them a, less-valuable commodity in the job market, if they are able to get a job at all. After all, when a business in Americ...