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6A FEATURES TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE Leaving your past behind Dear Annie: I have been please stop. You don’t know what divorced for many years. I was pain or memories you might be married to the same man for 25 stirring up. The past is the past for years. I put a lot into the marriage, a reason. It’s not your business to including helping raise and sup- be a busybody. — Mind Our Own port stepchildren and his grand- Dear Mind Our Own: The children. No one knows what went problem you speak of is at least on behind closed doors to 2,400 years old. Plato DEAR cause the marriage to end once said, “Justice means but him and me. We live minding one’s own busi- ANNIE ness and not meddling in the same community. with other men’s con- We respect each other and cerns.” Knowing humans, remain cordial when we I’d guess we’ve been see each other. However, when the talking about one anoth- er’s lives for as long as we marriage ended, I informed could talk. mutual friends and family Lane So though I agree that that I would like to keep Annie Creators Syndicate Inc. people shouldn’t con- my past in the past and tinue giving you updates move on with my life — that I had no desire to keep up with on your ex-husband’s life after you what is going on in his life and I asked them not to, there’s really not would appreciate their not sharing much you can do aside from what information about what is happen- you’re already doing. Try to shake ing in mine. it off. Keep focusing on yourself. When someone begins to give Stay too busy to be bothered by me updates on his life, I say, “I busybodies. don’t really care. I wish him the Dear Annie: Thank you so best, but his business is none of much for the answer you gave to my business. We have both moved “Deliberating Diarist.” Although I on.” have never kept a journal myself, What is the purpose? It is really I know only too well what it is like annoying and disrespectful. to live with an alcoholic. My father If anyone reading this is guilty and my ex-husband, both now of this infringement of privacy, deceased, were alcoholics. In my THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018 By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ex’s case, he never stopped drink- ing, and just as I and others had predicted many times, it led to his death. Living with an alcoholic is an awful experience. Though I can understand “Deliberating Diarist’s” hesitancy in letting others know the embarrassing, nasty and uncom- fortable truth, I would encourage her to let her diary be. If anything, it can be a lesson to her family about what alcohol can do not only to the drinker but to those around him or her. Being related to an alcoholic makes you much likelier to become one, as well. If you have a parent who is, you have a 50-50 chance of becoming one yourself. I personally feel it is so important for people to know what this devastat- ing disease can do. In her case, it is also a testament to what can hap- pen when an alcoholic makes the decision to become sober. What a beautiful thing that is; I am only sorry that my ex never did. “Deliberating Diarist” has much to be thankful for and proud of, because her husband chose fam- ily, life and sobriety. That is such a wonderful life lesson to pass down to her family. — Been There Dear Been There: Beautifully said. Thank you for writing. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You were lucky enough to come into this world with so much talent. Now you have to be talented enough to get lucky. Go where there are a lot of socially connected people, and talk about what you do. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s a strong feeling of ennui, like you’ve already done all the rides in the theme park twice. That may be so, but you’re missing something. To find out what it is, ask for help and advice. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The known and unknown will come together in a beautiful yin- and-yang-type balance. So don’t rush to know the next thing. Stay awhile in this mystery: It’s quite literally “wonder”-ful. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s not enough for you to know that you’re doing some- thing. You want to see the results, and you want validation from others that the results matter. Build this into your approach and you’ll succeed brilliantly today. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You said yes to something that, upon further reflection, now seems like a bad fit for you. The ink hasn’t dried yet, so no worries. Go back and ask to be released. You’ll be let off the hook. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your environment has become too familiar. You’re not seeing what’s there, because it looks too much like what was there yesterday. For understanding and appreciation, look with your heart instead of your pupils. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be called to service, not by an official phone call but by the need you see in the world. It’s not in your nature to stand by and witness incompetence when you know that you can do something about it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Seize the chance to speak publicly. Most people avoid this, and that’s precisely what makes it such a fine op- portunity for you. Maybe the reasons are not so obvious to you, but there’s money to be made, and this is the first step. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Everything you own but don’t want, need or love is a drain of your energy. Most things just take a tiny bit of your energy every time you look, touch or think about them, but that little bit adds up. What can you get rid of today? FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Of course you don’t expect yourself to be perfect (which would be an absurd and immature sort of relationship to set up with yourself), but what you do expect may still be too stringent, or a little off the mark. Give it a think. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People who give advice are a dime a dozen, but people who take it are extremely rare. That’s because following advice is difficult! You have to lose your ego to do it. Today the loss will be so worth it, though. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Now more than ever, many young people know things that many older people do not, but that doesn’t mean young people are smarter or wiser. Today works best when the generations help one another. TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (July 26). A short trip in September will rekindle your adventurous spirit. You’ll receive many invitations over the holiday season, and one special event will open an exciting network of relationships. Someone works hard to earn your favor. You’ll finally get a chance you’ve been waiting for in February. Extra work will be lucrative. Capricorn and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 45, 6,
