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A Walk in the (Snowy) Park
We met on a social media comment section of a popular page. Arguing about each other’s point of view, we took the angry exchange to direct messaging. Well, he DM-ed me first. He said he was sorry if he came off as too aggressive, but he wanted to end the convo in good terms because I “seemed like a cool girl.” Oh here we go… I thought. I sent him a thumbs-up emoji and wrote, “no hard feelings.” I meant it. After a couple of days, when things calmed down on that page and I thought this crazy guy had gone away, I woke up to a ton of “likes” by…
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Oh, the Pain
Some days I feel like the child of Sylvia Plath and Edgar Allan Poe, if they had had one together. I think a bit of “darkness” is all right from time to time — if we only had sunlight it’d be tough to sleep, wouldn’t it? The point is every emotion and state of being is important; it makes us human. Here’s a silly thing: when I think of feelings of emptiness and nothingness, I think of Emo. And when I think of Emo…I can’t help thinking of those South Park episodes now where they mock these feelings with the Goth and Emo Kids, particularly a hair-flipping kid named Pete,…
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Dig a little deeper, from another angle
I am highly inspired by the inspired, and the inspiring; by the extraordinary and the sublime; by confidence and humility. And thankfully, we can find that kind of inspiration all around us. Sometimes you just have to dig a little deeper, look a little closer — perhaps from a different angle.
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Let Your Hair Down
Girl, put your records on Tell me your favorite song, You go ahead, let your hair down. Sapphire and faded jeans I hope you get your dreams Just go ahead, let your hair down. You’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow. –Corinne Bailey Rae
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Across the Bed
On my back sometimes across the bed I lay, answers I search arms spread out, I’m down in defeat as if by doing so, life would change a bit Doesn’t it feel like the most comforting thing? Doesn’t it feel like the ceiling is listening? Maybe baring my soul for the unknown gives me some weird kind of hope? I have more questions than answers but if you do get life, say so.
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Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away
We don’t have to wish it away for it often brings renewed thoughts and stems. Sure it’s already autumn and you’d rather see the leaves fall than rain drops cause frizz and chaos. The streets filled with fast-moving folks looking for shelter for their unadventurous souls. Fire can burn, but rain; rain is my friend. There’s no more comforting, inspiring sound or view to me than the rain on my window pane. It can be overwhelming — with homesickness, reminiscence, warmth, motivation, happiness and nostalgia all hitting at once. But, it is the best mood setter. (Just don’t ask me to drive places.) Remix it with the sound of an…
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Earth For Days
When celebrating Earth, I’m always reminded of two things: 1) We’re all citizens of this planet, so let us stop calling other humans “illegal.” And 2) Without Earth, there’s no us — let’s do all we can to keep it clean and take better care of it. Astronomer Carl Sagan’s beautiful famous words on Earth, Pale Blue Dot, are a good reminder of our place in the vast Universe. Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering,…
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Your Secret is Safe with Me (But We All Know)
How many haven’t heard a friend say those words before; in person, over the phone…while on speakerphone? I’ve learned the hard way that the best kept secret is that which never leaves your big mouth. It is extremely likely that your BFF is not my BFF, and if I trust you, it is because you’ve passed the years-long arduous trustworthiness test, and I fully expect you to abide by these unwritten rules of confidentiality. Unfortunately, not everyone will care as much as you about your own privacy. Some people just can’t keep a secret, but we will never find out until the secret is out. It has to happen…
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I’ll Always Be Your Friend
Now that it’s raining more than ever Know that we’ll still have each other; You can stand under my umbrella.
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Life Trying to Knock You Out?
Here’s a reminder to anyone who can relate not to throw in the towel yet. You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary…so you can know who you are, and what you can rise from. –Maya Angelou (My guess is life wears a hat and smokes Cuban cigars.)
