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Many of us were brought up to believe that if we do well in school, pick a job or career and follow it with determination, our life will be somewhat safe and secure.  Of course we knew that we still had to deal with many of life's challenges but taking this course seemed to go a long way toward making us feel grounded and normal.  Most of us can see that picture of reality is no longer in play.

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When I was little, there were times when I really liked being in the middle, especially on a sled where I felt safer than being in the front or in the back.  I enjoyed sitting in the middle of two friends at a movie.  Many of us liked being in the middle of a crowd at school where it was easier to fit in and not get picked on or noticed if you were doing something wrong.  But then there were games like "Monkey in the Middle" where you are in the middle and you had to try and catch the ball.  This was a game that was not always fun.  Or you were stuck in the middle of the backseat of a family car between two of your older siblings, with no window space feeling nauseous and sick to your stomach.  This is when you began to understand that yelling shotgun before getting into a car gained a coveted position, that the middle was not always the best real estate.