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📜 Letter to My Son (If I Had One)

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Fred Ferguson (GeezerWise)
Jun 16, 2025
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“The Mud Will Settle”

Hey Son,

When life gets messy—and it will—don’t thrash.

You’ll want to fix it. Run from it. Control it.
You’ll want to stir the water just to feel like you’re doing something.

But all that does is make it murkier.

Instead, just sit.
Breathe.
Wait.

Like muddy water in a jar—if you let it sit still long enough, it clears.

The same thing happen…

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