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GREAT, BIG Emotion! (Thursday, 9/27/2018)

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This morning, as I stood with fellow co-workers in the common area of our firm watching the live testimony of Christine Blasey Ford.   At one point, I looked up questioningly as the woman next to me handed me a napkin.  It took me a moment to realize that her offering was in response to the tears that were streaming down my face.  I was taken aback at the realization that I had been moved to the point of tears – tears spurred by emotion so powerful that it would not be denied, even in the face of possible public humiliation.   I was suddenly very aware of the fact that I was not centered in my reality.  You may know the feeling; the feeling that you are watching yourself and events around you from above - in an almost dream-like state.  It was a surreal moment that was very disorienting.  I decided to step away to re-group and clear my head.  I wondered down the hallway toward my desk taking in a number of sights and hearing bits of many co...