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Michael Norlen Healing Myself Analysis

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When dealing with a tough beast like depression, the best way to heal yourself if through the endless search of finding something to get you out of bed every morning. Sometimes while you’re busy searching for that motivation, you’ll find it in a place you didn’t expect.
Michael Norlen writes in his Healing Myself with The Power Of Work article that he was searching for motivation. While on his quest for motivation, his friend gave him what he was seeking. Although Norlen didn’t see the opportunity at first, he slowly came to the realization that the small lifeline that his friend threw him would greatly impact his life.
While delivering newspapers, his newfound lifeline, Norlen realized that it was the small things that would get him through

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