A Counterbalance to Unpleasant Memories

Jeffrey Erkelens
Sep 1, 2018 · 8 min read

Of the many insights gained through writing my life’s story, the excess of unpleasant over pleasant memories has stood out like Al Sharpton would at a KKK rally or Trump as the guest of honor at a Cinco de Mayo fiesta in Tijuana. It has been such a striking, baffling, and irritating sore thumb, that I needed to find out why.

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Jeffrey Erkelens

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