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PEACHES OF
DESPAIR
The Depressing Wisdom of
David W. Pearson
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Peaches of Despair: The Depressing Wisdom of David W. Pearson
David Pearson, with Phil Elmore
Published by Samurai Press
Copyright 2013 by David Pearson and Phil Elmore
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents, even those
based on real people, are either the product of the authors imagination or are
used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or
locales is entirely coincidental.
This book is provided for information and entertainment purposes only. Its
contents do not constitute legal advice. The publisher and author disclaim any
liability for negative consequences arising from the application, interpretation, or
misinterpretation of any material contained herein. References are provided for
informational purposes only and do not constitute endorsement of any of the
references sited.
Cover by Phil Elmore
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Good Morning, cruelworld. I have started to
become conscious.Watch out.
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Sometimes I am irritated
at things I should not beirritated with. It makes
no sense, but I can'tcontrol it. Fucking
anger.
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No one ever gets what
they deserve.
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You can't save them all,
you can't even savemost, and most aren't
worth saving. Send themon to the next
incarnation.
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Rats also carry disease,
are trainable, and can beset to bring death and
plague upon yourenemies house.
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Buddha says "Life is
pain" so waking up inpain like I do everyday
must mean I am full oflife. Ibuprofen take some
life from me please.
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Sometimes I have to bite
my tongue so badly, Iget light headed from
blood loss. Only familycan make me do this.
Friends aren't as fragile.
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When all else fails, and
you cannot escape yourfeelings on something,
rage into it witheverything you have.
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That seems to work
sometimes.
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I may be ugly,untalented, unskilled,
and only marginallysuccessful, but I am
content and unafraid,and I want you to
believe those lies.
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Over worked and tired.
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Remember, "Not
everyone that wants tolearn was meant to do
this." Sometimes youhave to let some people
fail.
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I love jello.
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I think we look awful
because we put in thehard work, have been
there, done that. Youth& beauty are overrated.
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I hate chest colds. I hate
working outside in
blizzard conditions with
chest colds more.
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Going down an
uncomfortable ordifficult path to fulfill an
obligation is part of life.We do things for reasons
all our own.
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The life of a dedicatedteacher is filled with
little joys and silentcheers as you do the
hard work and gooddeeds for your students.
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I almost never go to
movies. It a waste of
money.
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You can only ignore the
laughing and criticism of
others for so long before
you just have to punch
them right in thesnot-box.
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The best way to help
someone focus onmoving forward is to
knock their ass to theground and make them
really want to get up.
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If pain is weakness
leaving the body, I must
be the strongest man
alive.
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Now we wait.
I HATE waiting.
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I'm slowly dying while I
wait to exit the rail
yard.... Slowly.... Dying
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Life is a series of
expectations that arenever fully met. Forget
your plans. Wing it.
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Wisdom is knowing
what you can changeand what you cannot,
then doing the correctthing. Some of us
learned that lesson early.
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Trying to decide what
job to do today. Thereare so many choices. All
of them are going to besweaty.
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I should know better
than to let it get to me
but sometimes
hypocrites get to me.
Grrrrr
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I cannot believe I have
the day off and I have
nothing to do. I should
be grateful for the rest. I
find myself a bit bored.
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I think bronchitis is my
body's way of saying I
work too hard.
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Note to self: Secret evil
plans should not be
shared on Twitter. It isn't
very secure.
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Note to self - stop the
typos and learn to spell.
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FACT: If you walk your
child around on a leash,I will bend down and
bark at it.
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That feeling when you
are 5 hours early for an
appointment when it was
supposed to be the
moment you arrived. Ihas it.
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Nothing says
enlightenment likerealizing YOU are the
problem, then riding thatshit until it ain't funny
no more.
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Loving kindness means
squeezing the life out ofcrazy fuckers and
sending them to theirnext incarnation so we
can all move on.
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That's as clever as I am
going to get for the
night. Time for bed. I'm
too sick to be awake.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David W. Pearson is the acclaimed author of this book, Peaches of
Despair. He was once repeatedly stung in the face by a wasp for trying to
do the right thing.