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I saw the quote on a friend's Facebook page.

I can't find it right now, but the essence of it was the great quote unquote sucker punch of sin or the consequence of sin is the fact that in the end you get to have it your way.

Oh, exactly. I've been in

that position where it I've had it my way and it's the wrong way you know what happens

to it's almost always the isolating way yeah it is isn't that something mm-hmm I mean

we were talking about this the other night with this boy that was they turned 13 13, so we sit around and just try to give him some wisdom or whatever. And that was

one thing we talked about was like, the weird thing is, let's say it's an internet addiction.

You wind up like these guys in Japan, there's more than a million guys in Japan who are early

20s who are listed as shut-ins. Wow. Because, and I forget what the name of it is, but the government's actually employing women to go in there and cheer them out, like cheerleaders, and they're employed to go and say, hey, come out, get a job, join the rest of the world. It's you should come on because they've collapsed in on

themselves on the internet and um themselves man so they have their pornography and they have

their video games and their moms enable it but at any rate what we were trying to say is like

it's funny how when you give you give into addictions you give into yourself the things you want

inevitably it winds up just you yeah i had It's funny how when you give into addictions, you give into yourself, the things you want,

inevitably it winds up just you.

Yeah, I had a friend text me and say that they were sorry because I was in town in Pittsburgh for a while, and they didn't get a chance to see me, and they're just going through a lot, and I know what

they're going through, and they said, I'm chance to see me. And they're just going through a lot. And I know what they're going through.

And they said, I'm sorry when I, when I'm in this phase or when I'm going through this, I pull away.

And that's so true.

I could identify because I do too.

And the reason we give is because, you know, I just feel this our foot. But a lot of times it's because I do not want to be held accountable. Right, sure. I don't want that. I don't want you who know me to say, what are you doing? Why are you doing that? This is killing you. Right. And it always winds up, too, that that thing that you're launching yourself into is not something that

pushes you in to communion with other people or community right right it's it is an

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