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I’ve just had one of those difficult nights. 

It’s the kind where I keep waking up, tossing and turning.  I try to relax, but the harder I try, the harder it is to fall asleep again. 

Lingering items on the “to-do list” spring to life and wander the murky terrain of my mind.  Regrets emerge from the shadows like Jacob Marley dragging his chains.   All the while I’m well aware that most of the things plaguing me at that hour are completely ridiculous and wouldn’t hold up in the light of day.  And before I know it I’m caught in a spiral of self-judgment as my inner critic scolds me for worrying about these things at the timeKeep reading