I began dividing life in absolutes. . . Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, … - J. R. Moehringer

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I'm able to support my wife and family off of gymnastics. But at the same time I do take it very seriously - it is a job for me.

J. R. Moehringer

I began dividing life in absolutes. . . Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, and when life didn't obey this black-and-white rule, when things or people were complex or contradictory, I pretended otherwise. I turned every defeat into a disaster, every success into an epic triumph, and separated all people into heroes or villains. Unable to bear ambiguity, I built a barricade of delusions against it.

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