Tag: Perspective
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Beep…Beep
“The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.” -Marcus Aurelius Last night my husband’s oxygen level was low, so he went to the Emergency room for a breathing treatment, steroids, and antibiotics. Three out of the four members of our household have had the same treatment over the last month,…
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Forty Years by Your Side
The narrator describes their day dedicated to celebrating their husband’s birthday amidst the delightful chaos of family life. From a morning bake of a birthday cake, shopping for presents and special moments, the joy frames the day, punctuated by laughter, smiles, and the presence of their children. Looking towards the future, the narrator envisions them…
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Twenty-Six Days
After a visit to an indoor pool, a family falls ill from an unidentified virus and their home becomes chaotic. The mother reflects on the ordeal, likening her family to their rescue puppy, Diesel, who refuses to move while wearing a cone after neutering. She contemplates the need for self-care, empathy, and the acceptance of…
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Writers Write
“If you are tempted to look outside yourself for approval, you have compromised your integrity.” Epictetus Once upon a time, a little girl lived in her head. Her feelings and experiences were held inside, much like a Venus fly trap that draws inward its prey – after enough time has passed, whatever it was became…
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Dear Buckley
Seventy-six days is a blink of time from when we first met thirteen years ago, yet somehow it feels longer. Grief slows the Earth’s orbit, making each moment a little more pronounced and sharper. Time cuts away a little slower and more precise than when you were here.
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Gopher State XLVIII
“We expected to recapture some of the fun we’ve had in previous years, but as time has taught me, expectations are nothing more than premediated resentments.”
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Writers Write
“Yesterday, I joined a kickball league. What started as an innocent conversation with some friends, snowballed into a series of events, some of which I still don’t fully understand, which resulted in me showing up to a field thirty miles from my house to practice with a group of people I had never met before.”
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Santa Claus Versus Shang-Chi
The lie of unmanageability is that I can’t reach my goals because of time constraints or some other variable. My lower self has been prioritizing needs, then wants, then goals. In an artificial hierarchy constructed by my own feelings of inadequacy, I’ve willingly put my goals beneath my current reality instead of using goals to…
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Checking In…
“Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.” – Aldous Huxley
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Shine Brighter
“My internal battery feels like that of the wind-up flashlight. My daily cranking is no longer sufficient to shine as bright as I want to.”