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Almost Reckless

A Bifurcated Closet Sucks, But a Bifurcated Life is Worse. I’ll Explain Further, Ok?

#4 of Top 10 Reasons why I wrote Almost Reckless

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Amy Smilovic
Nov 14, 2025
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I’m going to share with you a story about Al Smith. Don’t know him? That’s ok, I didn’t either - he was the 42nd Governor of New York (1919). Stay with me here, you’ll get the connection. I find that messages sink in best with a story that shares not just the what but the why.

Years ago I began sermonizing that a bifurcated closet sucks. The initial…

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