yeah, there are so many steps to generating atp and it is a bit complex. i like the inner critic b/c it seems useful in helping a person be the best that they can be without being a perfectionist in society. i like your term the “inner bully” and the way you distract yourself when it comes up. i like being part of tinybuddha.com and writing my thoughts b/c by expressing my emotions, i can see the inner bully as what it really is and gain comfort that i have the power to stop its progress. my inner bully just told me i had no talents and i proved it wrong b/c i just wrote a poem. here is the poem about you:

Candle in the Wind

She is the sunlight passing through prisms casting rainbows upon the world

She is the candle of hope that flickers in the darkness

All the light at full brightness

All the wavelength of her beauty and compassion dispersed

Anita is the candle in the wind

Her light allows others to be guided when their ships are at rough seas

She helps to rekindle the flame within hearts alighting them with hope

Anita is the north star steadfastly casting her light in the night sky, a light for others to follow

She reassures my doubts away with her unwavering light

T%here is divine music in her light as she helps me realize my true worth

When the wind blows the map of life away and I feel stranded on the road of life, the candle within Anita helps me back on my path

She lights the way and helps me believe in myself when the wind tugs in many directions

Anita is a candle in the wind

May her light continue to shine at full brightness lighting up the darkness of the world.