An Incredible True Story from my Life my Curse EP.47
The Painful Truth About Being a Seer: A Curse Hidden as a Gift
Hello, Earnest Mann here. Today I’m opening up about something few people are willing to even consider seriously — the reality of being a seer. This isn’t fantasy or mysticism; it’s a brutally honest look at what it’s like to live with the ability to foresee events and carry that weight in silence.
Growing Up with Time Out of Sync
From childhood, I knew I wasn’t like the other kids. Time itself felt different — slower for everyone else, as if I was always just a few seconds ahead. As I grew older, visions and dreams began to shape my reality. These weren’t fleeting images; they were clear, vivid, and most importantly, they always came true.
The Three Types of Seers — and Why It’s More Curse Than Gift
I explain that there are three kinds of seers, but no matter which one you are, the experience is often more of a curse than a blessing. It brings isolation, misunderstanding, and emotional pain. Being open about it only invites skepticism or ridicule, even from people with the best intentions.
The Story of James — A Vision That Came True
I share a painful story about my friend James, a devout Christian who was overjoyed to marry his childhood sweetheart. I had a vision — a nightmare — that revealed she would betray him. Out of friendship and fear of losing his trust, I sealed that message in an envelope rather than tell him. A year later, every word came true. His marriage collapsed, and he was left devastated.
Living with the Burden of Knowing
Having these visions means constantly watching pain unfold — and knowing you can’t prevent it without alienating people. The gift isolates you. You carry both the knowledge and the guilt. Over time, it teaches you a painful truth: most people don’t want to hear bad news, even when it’s true.
Closing Thoughts
I end by saying that despite the pain, I still follow my dreams. It’s my way of staying human — honest, unfiltered, and loyal to what I know to be real.
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Transcript
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Today I would like to tell you something
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that few people are willing to engage in
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seriously. Seers, I only ask that you
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hear me out because even if you're the
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least bit open-minded, the implications
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of what I'm about to say are truly
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life-changing. And even if you're
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completely closedminded, for the next 10
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minutes or so, you will certainly be
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entertained.
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Ever since I was a child, I knew I was
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different than the rest of the kids
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around me. Not because I was super
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intelligent, but because time was very
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different for me compared to the other
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kids around me. I suppose the best way I
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can describe it is that I was slightly
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ahead in time. So that everything and
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everyone was consequently just a bit
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slower. So hopefully you can imagine the
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implications of that.
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When I entered my early teens, I started
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having visions and dreams and it has
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been that way ever since.
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Before I continue, let me explain you
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this.
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There are three types of seers. And
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while many people would consider such
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abilities to be a blessing, I don't
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subscribe to that point of view because
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in my experience, regardless of the type
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of seer one may be, those abilities to a
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greater or lesser extent are more often
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than not a curse. Consider for a moment
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that I'm just trying to open up to you
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to give you some insight about myself,
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hoping my audience will find it
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interesting or maybe even ask me some
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questions. Yet, I already know from
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previous experience that despite any
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good intentions, telling you this will
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only bring about alienation.
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most of you thinking I'm a crackpot,
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crazy, or both.
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So, if you happen to watch my videos or
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listen to my podcast, you'll notice that
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often times I change subjects quite a
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bit. This is not out of boredom, but it
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is actually a direct result of my
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visions and dreams, which as a means of
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self-preservation,
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I learned to listen to long ago.
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This is the reason why, for example, you
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may notice very different tonalities in
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my episodes. Please understand it is raw
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and unfiltered and is subject to both my
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physical and emotional state. That is to
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say it is what it is honest and
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unapologetically
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human.
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So speaking of being human,
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I would like to give you one small
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example of the kind of pain I'm talking
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about. I have experienced this kind of
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pain hundreds of times in the past and
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I'm sure it will continue till the day I
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die.
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I once knew a man, we'll call him James.
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We were good friends despite the
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unlikeliness of this because he was a
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very devoted Christian and I being a
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devout realist. And if that sounds
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contradictory,
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especially with what I'm about to tell
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you, actually it's not.
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So, one day when we met for lunch, James
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said he had some very good news, he
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announced that he was getting married to
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his childhood sweetheart that was also a
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member of his church and that for
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reasons of shyness, we hadn't pursued
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her. When he heard from another church
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member though and she very much liked
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him, they got to know each other very
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quickly and set a date for marriage.
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James said he was the happiest man
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alive.
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Of course, I was very happy for him. I
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congratulated him and asked if they had
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set a date for the wedding. He said it
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was going to be in 6 months and I would
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definitely get an invitation which I did
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and ultimately had to decline. Now I'm
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going to tell you exactly what happened.
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I'm going to try to illustrate how these
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things work because there is no precise
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pattern, no precise timeline. Sometimes
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it's visions, sometimes it's dreams, and
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sometimes both. But one thing is
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certain, every time I have them, they
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come true 100% without fail. Every time.
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So I guess it was around a month or so
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before the wedding and I received my
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invitation. It's really nice. A nice
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picture of the couple. Up until that
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point, I hadn't seen a picture of her
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and she was very beautiful.
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A few days later, when I went to sleep,
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I had an intense nightmare. You know,
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the kind that's so bad you're somehow
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able to force yourself to wake up. But
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if you fall right back to sleep, you
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pick up right where you left off. And
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that happened three times.
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So, since I'm very well acquainted with
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this gift of mine, I have a procedure. I
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always keep a pen and notepad by my bed
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to jot down any dream as best I can. And
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this time is no different.
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If the dream or message is intense
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enough, I force myself to stay awake,
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try to put together at least three or
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four sentences and then from that use
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all of my interpretive knowledge to boil
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that down to one sentence or at least,
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you know, three or four words, which is
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exactly what I did.
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I wrote down my interpretation of my
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message. I put it in a envelope, sealed
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it, and dated it.
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The next thing I did was contact James
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politely and as tactfully as I could. I
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told him I very much appreciated the
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invite to the wedding, but that I would
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not be attending. But I wished them the
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very best, and I sincerely hoped that he
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would not be offended.
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James was very gracious and told me, "No
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offense taken," and that was pretty much
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it.
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Fast forward about a year after the
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wedding.
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I had still been seeing James
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periodically throughout this time, the
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usual chitchat, me asking him how
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married life was going. and he seemed
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upbeat and you know happy until one day
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I got a call. It wasn't good.
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We met at our usual place but the
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meeting was far from usual. He was
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almost to the point of tears and it was
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obvious that he was very distraught.
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I'm not going to go into a million
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details, but he basically described how
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the woman he loved and married turned
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into a monster. He was the victim of
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psychological manipulation.
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She had dipped heavily into spending
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money from their joint account and there
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were rumors of multiple infidelities
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and she had also quit the church several
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months ago. I basically just sat there
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and listened as I truly felt sorry for
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him and I thought what he needed at that
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moment was just for someone to listen.
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Now James knew very well that not only
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was I a realist but of my abilities.
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So when the time was right, I produced
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that envelope and handed it to him.
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He read it. He closed his eyes for a
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very long moment. This is what it said.
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The woman you love will belittle you.
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She will betray you. She will betray the
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faith.
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After that long moment, he looked at me
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and asked, "Why didn't you tell me this?
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Why didn't you give me this letter all
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that time ago?"
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I said, "Because I valued our
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friendship, James, and I didn't want to
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take a chance on losing it. Besides,
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even if I would have, would you have
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believed me?"
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And after a long moment, he said, "I
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can't say if it would have affected our
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relationship or not, but I can tell you
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no, I absolutely would not have believed
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you."
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This is the reason I tell you that this
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ability is a painful curse. Now, imagine
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going through scenarios like this dozens
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and dozens of times in your life,
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knowing how certain situations or
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scenarios are actually going to play
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out.
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Yet, you can't say anything because you
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could lose friendships and
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relationships.
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which I absolutely have.
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And in addition, most people simply do
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not believe you anyway.
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Meaning, you're helpless to help them.
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And that is extremely painful.
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I'll end by just saying this. The simple
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fact is through my life experience,
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regardless of any sincere desire to
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help,
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people do not want to hear bad news. And
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that's as simple as I know how to say
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it. Yet, I continue to follow my dreams.
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Until next time, this is Ernest. That's
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all I have to say for today.