Character: Джеффри Саммерс (Jeffrey Summers)

Thoughts have the ability to stick tightly to the inside of the retina, skull and constantly remind of themselves.

In the fall, all people feel like pregnant: they are pursued by a change of mood, unfounded resentments, they want to chop off the shoulder.

At the police academy, the first step is to instill situational awareness in future officers. The term, in essence, implies attention to what is happening in your neighborhood. The ability to assess the environment, the degree of danger and be ready, if necessary, to take appropriate measures before a crisis breaks out. However, the skill is necessary not only for public order agents, but also for an ordinary citizen: if you are absent-minded, you are vulnerable and completely unprepared for what may happen in a moment. Visual information helps to protect oneself from harm and saves lives, but observe what actually happens: the majority of pedestrians have their heads down, smartphones in their hands, what is going on a meter from their nose, they have no idea. You have no idea how many, because of such carelessness, were hit by cars, robbed, killed. It's not even about gadgets: some just hover in the clouds and do not control the space, that is, they give themselves up to chance. So is it any wonder that people fall out of the blue and break their spines, their bags are cut off, a racing skateboarder is knocked down, and the sole is decorated with dog shit? The typical human reaction time is about one and a half seconds. In a criminal excess, this is extremely high. And not a single criminal will give an opportunity for maneuvering, as, for example, in the event that an uncontrolled truck rushes at you. You either jump right away or you die.

The soul is a necropolis where shameful secrets are hidden in the tombs, and the ashes of toxic pages of memoirs are stored in funeral urns.

Watch everything that happens, but don't take anything to heart.

ᅠ Relationships between people often make their way through such wilds that it is impossible to predict every fork. There's a lot to worry about. How is there something to be afraid of on the roads: is there little that will come to mind for another driver? But you still don't give up the car. Does this indicate that you unconditionally believe the people behind the wheel? Hardly. You only monitor the scale of your vigilance, physical condition, dexterity and speed of reaction. And so it is, Jeffrey. You can only control yourself. If I want to betray you vilely, I will betray you, and you will not interfere with it in any way. If I decide to change with a young man from the bar - I will change, coming up with a million excuses in the list of excuses for my act. And this will be solely my responsibility, even if you forget to give gifts for anniversaries and return home late. Understand? In this matter, nothing depends on you. Such a feeling is disgusting, I know it very well, because your actions do not obey me, therefore, in the same limbo. But she agrees with clinical psychologist Cloud Henry: "When one spouse dominates the other, love does not reach true depth and completeness, because in such a marriage there is no personal freedom." Here's the challenge: giving freedom. Not to control, not to require strict adherence to the plan outlined by one partner. Conduct an open dialogue. Don't just rattle what we'll do on the weekend or what kind of mat is in front of the door... I touched my palm to his forehead, which made me look at myself. "And this," my hand moved into the area of his heart. I don't want to live with you for a year or anything else and then say with horror, "I have no idea what kind of man is lying next to me in bed. What is he thinking? What does he care about? What is he afraid of? And - Oh my God! - what does he expect of me?!" You and I should have the right to express our opinions freely, because if we brush him off, love will wither, and fear will take its place.

Take it, cut off the excess and connect it with something else. Only by trial can you achieve an outstanding result.

Do not crumble in front of me in gratitude, but rather assist someone who needs support more - this will be your "thank you".

A huge amount of work, eternal lack of sleep, smiles of people whom I helped - this is how you can briefly describe the life of an ordinary policeman.

When you behave immorally in relation to another person, it will be remembered forever and, whatever you do later, it will remain in the shadow of communication. But we must admit that such a shadow does not always mean bad. Sometimes it helps to improve the microclimate between individuals, helps to remove all roughness.

ᅠ - No matter how much we deny, but in the end there are only our fears, desires and aspirations, an unspoken idea of how things should be. People seem to come to each other with Braille cards in their hands: sometimes the convex points coincide, and it is easy to read the other's mind, but often there is no synchronicity, and then there is confusion, misunderstanding and, as a result, irritation. Then, in order to achieve harmony in the relationship, it remains only to discuss all the differences, trying to find the root of evil.
ᅠ - Sounds too simple.
ᅠ - Really? Is it so simple that you only realized the source of your behavior today?
The question that sounded like an accusation took me by surprise. Slowly, I looked at Marcus. His head was raised high, but his face remained calm. Tilson is damn right: everything was fine as long as Angelica and I matched braille cards, but as soon as the dots stopped aligning, I quickly discarded the Russian cardboard - in fact, its essence - marked as incorrect, defective.
ᅠ - If only I had ventured to think about it earlier...
Strictly speaking, Jeffrey, the point is not to return to the past or avoid the consequences of one's own actions, but to understand the nature of one's behavior, to unravel the true impulse of actions and to be renewed. For years, you lived by faith in your own rightness, expecting others to obey you, as if you managed to transfer the police hierarchy to ordinary life: you are a detective, and others are just constables in your subordination. Now, after a painful epiphany, you cannot and should not live in the old way. Whatever happens between you and Angelica today is the price of your spiritual revelation.

As a friend of mine subtly remarked, "All relationships are glass." Some see in this only a pessimistic subtext, suggestive of the fragility of the relationship. However, others will catch the wisdom: broken glass can be melted and try to create a masterpiece. We're all glass blowing to some extent. And this is a dangerous profession, because at any moment the hot glass can burst, leaving a deep burn. But in addition to anxiety about this, there are other related complications: sometimes the product goes crooked and oblique and then you need to throw the rejected vase into the fire, and then again dial molten glass on the tip of the tube, blow out the bubble and begin to form it ... This is painstaking and exhausting work, requiring incredible patience, in which both people should be involved, because in a relationship only one person can not try to correct the cracked vase, from which love rapidly escapes. However, it often happens that the broken product remains lying on the floor: neither he nor she has the desire to throw his relationship - his pride, fear, resentment - into the fire in order to try to form another vase from the resulting hot extract. And it also happens that the second attempt is unsuccessful... Try again? Or is it just not "blowing"? What is more correct - everyone personally decides for himself ...

In the face of money, people show their true nature.

- There is! You must quietly sneak up to the closet, very quietly, so as not to scare your prey. Then you freeze for a few seconds, and then abruptly open the door, grab the first thing that comes across and quickly, quickly, until it runs away, put it on.