You Are Taking This Out of Proportion

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Over-analyzing and stressing about a situation is so easy. We psyche ourselves out when one thing goes wrong and we automatically begin to think the worst. This whole negative thought process is even faster and frightening when the thing that goes wrong is you getting arrested. It is pretty hard to see the light in that situation.

You worry about your family and friends and how they will handle the news and take care of themselves. You worry about all the money you lose by spending it on lawyers, fines, hospital bills, and insurance. On top of that, you are missing out on work so you are not getting a paycheck. You worry about how you will survive in jail.

Everyone before you in this situation experienced these worrying thoughts dashing through their mind...

Here Is Why Clichés Are Good

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Take a moment to think about your daily life. How well do you really know the people who you cross paths with on a semi-regular basis? Your neighbor, the mailman, the garbage man, your banker, or the men and women at the grocery store? Chances are, you do not know their deepest, darkest secrets or their life story. For all you know, your family-oriented neighbors could have criminal histories that date back to their college days!

It might be shocking if you ever found out if this was true, but look at them now. They have beautiful families and beautiful homes. They are successful at work and seem to have their lives together now. You never could have guessed their past. They wouldn’t have gotten themselves to his level of success and happiness if it were not for the support they receive...