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Gordon Tebo is a singer/songwriter living outside of Chicago. He recently released his new album, “Exotic Fears”, which served as a sort of exorcism of anxiety and grief.

A sense of humor.
“Humor and self-righteousness are mutually exclusive” … a classic Alan Watts observation.
This quote is a useful tool for being alive right now. I can get mad that things aren’t going my way or the world is spinning out of control more than yesterday, and my feelings are valid, of course. But one has to balance out those feelings with awareness. And the funniest thing a person can say is what they firmly believe to be true. That’s the funniest damn thing! Try it sometime with someone you trust and love. Once you out it, you pop the bubble in your mind that was holding it all together and you realize you don’t actually know anything other than how you feel inside right now. And that always makes me feel better. Laughing feels great too.
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