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they live their lives. Most, he would say, live and act to prevent negative events they fear might occur.

Resentment, anger, and fear are often secondary emotions (emotions we experience in reaction to another emotion), often coming because we’ve been emotionally hurt. Ellis would say that after we’ve been hurt, we protect ourselves from future injury by getting angry or resentful and then adopt a belief that the person or event that hurt us is “evil” or “bad.” If our secondary emotion is fear, then we’ll believe we need to protect ourselves from similar people or situations. Either way, we end up living our lives from a defensive posture, trying to avoid “evil” people and fearing negative events rather than approaching the future as being full of possibilities.

I think Ellis would perhaps feel a bit prophetic if he were alive today. The way people talk about each other in mainstream and social media, and the way news presents people and events, indicates many are living lives of self-protection. The bible puts it this way: “Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Our words are often the best indicator of our beliefs and the messages in our hearts.

My friend John eventually concluded that if he didn’t forgive his former boss, he might just grind his teeth down to nubs. He also reflected on the pain he had unintentionally inflicted on his family, friends, and colleagues throughout the years and realized that he wasn’t a saint himself. So, he set up a meeting with the man and apologized for his part in the events between them. Now he’s freer to assume people are doing their best rather than expecting the worst from them.

Sara is working hard to replace the negative beliefs she holds about herself and her future. She wrote out her negative self-feelings and self-beliefs and is working to replace them with the objective truth of what happened, who she is, and what she has agency to control in her life. It’s a hard-but-healthy step toward living the impactful life for which she was created.

The thoughts, feelings, and beliefs you carry in your head and heart can hold you captive just as effectively as a jail cell by keeping you stuck in the past. Resentments, anger, and fears keep you happened rather than moving toward the possibilities that lie ahead. Courageously naming and replacing these, and sometimes taking steps toward forgiveness and reconciliation, are often requirements to be free to attain the life

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GARAGE REMODELING is currently the fastestgrowing segment of the home-improvement industry. It’s a separate room - and often the largest room in the house - that is not only a place to park a car, but can be used as a workshop, storage for items that won’t go in the house, or an area to enjoy hobbies.

To give a garage a finished look and make it a more user-friendly space that’s easy to clean, renovations usually include a floor coating. While there are a few flooring options, the decision usually comes down to a choice between a standard epoxy or PremierOne’s polyurea coating, developed and professionally installed by PremierGarage, doing business in Knoxville for more than 15 years.

Do-it-yourself epoxy kits are widely available and easy to work with. The downside is many things can go wrong while applying the coating.

The epoxy may not set properly or have a weak bond to the concrete, it also takes a long time for the epoxy to dry and bond to the floor. And while the cost of epoxy is initially less expensive, epoxy also quickly delaminates when a vehicle’s hot tire bonds to the surface and peels it away from the concrete.

“There have been many improvements in coating technology during the past 20 years, and the preferred garage flooring is our polyurea coating,” explained Brain Falls, co-owner of PremierGarage of Knoxville. “Polyurea is a hard-wearing coating that’s widely specified in commercial settings where failure is not an option and floors are designed to last the test of time.”

For the longest lasting concrete floor coating in the market, PremierGarage technicians diamond-grind the floor to the ideal surface condition to achieve a permanent chemical bond. Other primary benefits of PremierGarage’s professionally installed flooring coating instead of epoxy are:

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THIS YEAR, not only is there a great lineup of movies, but it is also the 10th anniversary of Terror in the Woods with FrightWorks and Knoxville Horror Film Fest! Grab your favorite blanket or lawn chair and join the fun. Doors open at 7 pm and movies begin around dark. Purchasing tickets ahead of time is highly recommended, as space is limited and walk-up tickets may not be available.

Food trucks and the Ijams beer garden will have tasty meals, snacks, and beverages for purchase. No coolers and no outside alcohol, please. Dogs are allowed but must be on a leash at all times. Check Ijams Nature Center's calendar of events (Ijams.org) or social media for rain plan if needed. Tickets are $10 per person or $36 for a family four-pack. Special ticket pricing of $15 per person for Terror in the Woods includes the haunted trail from FrightWorks.