“… Who are they? … 

… What is their name? …

… AND … 

… Are they out of OUR Lives Forever!?! …”

… What I used to ask some of my academic probation and suspension students …

… They would look in stunned amazement that I knew …

… AS IF I had just read their mind …

… But in reality, I knew what caused their current dilemma …

… It was some energy sucking, soul sucking, significant other …

… Who they were currently dating …

… And continuing to allow to pollute their lives …

… sorry for being so negative …

… and ruining their ability to focus on their academic progress as well as all other areas of their lives …

… Thus their current dilemma …

… So my next question … 

… Which I never asked … 

… Was …

… Why do you keep letting them come back into your life? …

… Answer …

… As Al Green once famously sang …  

“… I’m so tired of being alone … I’m So Tired of on my own …”

… So not only will your ‘fear’ of being alone and never finding anyone else …

… Who will contribute to your life instead of continuing to confuse you and to cause confusion in your life …

… You hang on to that Joker …

… Keep me employed …

… And continue to …

… See Earlism #26 Self – Inflicted …