FUDOG<\/p>\n
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Fear<\/p>\n
Uncertainty<\/p>\n
Doubt<\/p>\n
Obligation<\/p>\n
Guilt<\/p>\n
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FUDOG<\/p>\n
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It kinda sounds like a cuss word. \u201cThose FUDOGers!\u201d<\/p>\n
It feels like hell.<\/p>\n
And it looks the poison arrows in the quiver of Beelzebub. All multi-pronged and dripping with noxious fluid that burns.<\/p>\n
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Those FUDOG feelings are, however, fully self-inflicted. And that is what makes them so insidious.<\/p>\n
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We have found the enemy. Oh boy have we found the enemy. It is us.<\/p>\n
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No. It\u2019s me.\u00a0 It\u2019s me that feels fear and doubt. It\u2019s me that takes on an obligation and guilt. It is me that is uncertain.<\/p>\n
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I don\u2019t want to be. I want to be free, confident, convinced, loving, and pure.<\/p>\n
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That doesn\u2019t make as good of an acronym. But I guess free doesn\u2019t need a mnemonic device. We remember that we want to be free.<\/p>\n
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I have been meaning to write this piece about FUDOG for a while. But I was uncertain, afraid that I didn\u2019t have it together enough to explain the research that led me to this discovery of how these work together. I doubted I had the right to portray this as my own idea; maybe I was obliged to credit a source that I\u2019m not sure of.<\/p>\n
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FUD<\/a> is a well-known tactic in politics. And I read about FOG in an article about unhealthy relationships.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But I think I put it together. At least I did for myself<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fear<\/p>\n Uncertainty<\/p>\n Doubt<\/p>\n Obligation<\/p>\n Guilt<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I started to think of how I make my choices. When I recovered from surgery, I finally got enough sleep to think and not react.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Am I making this choices, taking this action because of FUDOG? Isn\u2019t that the opposite of how I want to live my life?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I want to spend my time doing things that I love, with people I love. Who is using FUDOG tactics on me?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maybe I don\u2019t have to cooperate. Maybe I am not obligated to cooperate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I may feel guilty. True, I AM guilty. All have sinned, and I raise my hand. Here! Sinner reporting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So. I want to walk in love and freedom, and leave behind the part where I am imperfect. Grace is necessary. For me, From me, To me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And for everybody else. If I am not twisted up and poisoned with fudog, then maybe I will have some grace left over to give to other people too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even if I am not sure what I\u2019m doing. Even if I\u2019m not as good as I\u2019d like to be.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shake it off. Cut it off.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NO FUDOG ZONE<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a blessed Wednesday, readers. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FUDOG Fear Uncertainty Doubt Obligation Guilt FUDOG It kinda sounds like a cuss word. \u201cThose FUDOGers!\u201d It feels like hell. And it looks the poison arrows in the quiver of Beelzebub. All multi-pronged and dripping with noxious … Continue reading