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title: "Journal Prompt #224 - Try A Little Tenderness"
description: Ask your Journal how you can stop standing in your own way.
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# [Journal Prompt #224 - Try A Little Tenderness](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-prompts/bid/102129/journal-prompt-224-try-a-little-tenderness)

 Written by [Mari L. McCarthy](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-prompts/author/mari-l-mccarthy) | Fri, Sep 27, 2013 @ 10:15 PM

#AskYourJournal: What would I be accomplishing if I weren't so busy standing in my own way, or so busy listening to my inner critics or so busy being overwhelmed by my fears?  

 

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