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It was like being in the midst of a storm, except turned inside out. Somehow the storm
swirled inside of his mind and emotions while outward control and calm and order were
seen as the image of the stable and popular teenager. He was the student athlete, the
academic attractive in many ways, leadership caliber to those who sort out such things.
He many friends who included the respect of the "common", quiet faceless students who
gained little notice their entire high school years. Somehow he had cultivated a
sensitivity that joined with a true sliver of compassion. Coupled with his ease at both
athletics and academics was a wide awareness of others. A sincere interest and caring for
others gripped; he wondered who they really were, who they wanted to be.

Calm and accepting waves went out from Erik, who was becoming more and more a
master at hiding what was churning on the inside. No one knew that athletics were only a
growing diversion to keep his thoughts from feverish unanswerable questions that few
others seemed to ever ask, and fewer yet had any reasonable answers to. The more
pressing these inner anxieties, the harder he worked at each task, each sport, each class,
and the closer he scrutinized those around him for clues! Were others wrestling as he
was wrestling? Had they made any discoveries, or had they either given up or never even
had the "inner hunger" work them over as it had Erik for so long. At times he felt his
mind bum with questions that had no answers. He was more and more perplexed because
he always had been taught the best answers, truest answers were waiting to be found by
an honest searcher.

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