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-There are no fearless people, only fearless moments. This is a quote from the movie “The Shawshank Redemption”, which was based on an actual story that happened to one of the characters involved in the story. They were both in the Shawshank prison, and one day, their cells are open for conversation. This is what they said to each other: “You know what I think?” he asked her. “I think you need help.
You’ve got to get some help. There isn’t any way out of this place for you but through counseling, and I don’t mean just any counseling. You need someone really good at counseling.
I mean one of those guys who can see into your head and tell you all the things that are wrong with it…And I think if you really want out of here, you’ll find the money for it. And if you want to spend it wisely, I’ll tell you this much…Some people can walk through life with a hole in their pocket and never notice it, but it’s always there, and when they get down to the bottom there it is: a big empty space where their pocket used to be. And then the panic comes: What am I going to do? How am I going to fill it? You can be all right for a while with just an empty one there on the inside of your coat and nobody ever knowing about it except yourself and maybe a few close friends and family members who know about your problem and who love you just enough not to say anything to anybody else about your little empty pocket.
But sooner or later, either by chance or on purpose, some smart son-of-a-bitch is going to see your empty pocket and ask questions: What happened here? What happened to my old friend? And then he’s going to get suspicious: What does he have in his pockets that isn’t there when he came in? And then he’s going to make a few calls: Why all of a sudden did his old friend start wearing new clothes and driving around town in a new car with an empty pocket? And then he knows: He has been robbed! Or maybe something worse has happened: He has been murdered! And then who do we call? The police? The prison guards? Well maybe we can handle it ourselves if we have enough money
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