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Category: Human Nature
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Lynda shifted her weight from one foot to the other as she listened to a tinny rendition of "Angels We Have Heard on High" coming out of a battery operated tree topper wedged among the magazines at the checkout line. It was a really long line and an even more annoying song that played over…
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I read your rolled up note. Took me a few minutes to get it out of the bottle, and then the edges were wet because the cork leaked, but all the words were there. I appreciated the message but it didn't go deep with me. Guess I've been spoiled by all these years of exposure.…
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My problem? I've got too much vision. It fogs up my View-Master. When the little pictures spin so fast I can't tell where I'm at, or what it is I see, I consult the works of others. Stories that germinate inside someone else's melon provide a useful barometer for my foul weather days. Some rough…
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too much noisenot the right kind of stimulipatience is in short supplyit gets pulled/punched/stretched/snappedlittle things become big dealswhen the permission slip is signed Hold up… Turn down the volume = no more noise.Not everyone's story needs to be heard. Practice gratitude when you're not in the mood.The small stuff is what days are made…
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It isn't enough to be brave and bold. Fearlessness can numb the senses as much as it encourages action. Behaviors change as we alter the course of our lives. The only thing that matters when bright colors fade and dreams become staid and respectable is the swiftness in which one offers kindness. We all get…
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— The more you chase after something, the less likely you are to actually getting it. — Ok, Gare. You pretty much had me all turned around with that 'nothing really matters, so go for it!' bit you said earlier. Now you're telling me if 'I go for it!' it's all a big wasted effort.…
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The way the explanation forms on Cassie's tongue; it feels sharp and tastes bitter. She doesn't want to have to tell another one. The truth is coming out in all different shades these days. Cassie rehearses her word choices so the fabrication doesn't sound aggressive, defensive … argumentative. They're just a pair of shoes, for…
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Bill knew the drill: CALL BEFORE YOU DIG! He didn't do it. Bill's big yellow backhoe cut into utility lines and knocked out an entire subdivision's fiber-dependent essentials. There went the Internet. Favorite cable show kaput. Woe betide the guy who made the recipe on Mrs. Shockley's screen disappear as her pot full of lentils…
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My self-addressed stamped revelation got lost in the mail. I'd waited a long time to admire my profile with as few distractions as possible. The promise of a new episode, a nice folly full of mythical wit, was preempted by an explosive report on sheep sleeping on the job. The postman said it was a…
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Look both ways before you cross. Cross off the action item at the bottom of the list instead of the top. Top that by the choice to eradicate "list" and "action item" from your vocabulary. Vocabulary is a fine thing to be in possession of if you want to run with writers. Writers know butt…
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