by Dr David, Editor / Publisher

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M. was a very unpleasant man. His face in a permanent frown, almost six feet tall, obese, he was an imposing figure. In contrast, his brother J. has always been very friendly to me.

Every time I've wanted to leave in my car I've needed to consider whether, with the whole empty lot at his disposal, M.'s car was blocking mine in.

Half an hour later there was a fifty-something man loudly sobbing against the wall of M.'s house. Between wails he blurted out, "I'm never going to speak with him again."

The idea that people come into our lives for a reason is particularly disconcerting when people like M. are your neighbor. Cutting closer to the bone in such circumstances is the belief that we see reflected around us our own internal workings.

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