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The War Within - The War Without

 The Rising Heat As the internal fire flares again within me - my brain sending signals to my body to turn up the temperature, causing my whole being to radiate heat and flush in an attempt to release the pressure - I find myself searching for the trigger. What came before this moment? Was there a thought, a deed, an action that pressed play on this rising heat within? And then, as the sensation passes, I breathe a sigh of relief. Another wave gone. Another step closer toward the door - the eventual exit from this phase of life.  A Mirror to the World In the quiet aftermath, I am drawn to the parallel between my inner and outer world.  Flicking through another doom scroll filled with torment and tragedy, I am reminded that as removed as we may think we are, we are also inextricably linked - on a micro level - to the countries, people, and natural world experiencing chaos and turmoil.  What happens out there... echoes within.  Growing up in a World of Warning As ...