The day passed in strange silence, after people hung their heads, and the body was lowered into the ground. We said the prayers, but uncertainty hung in the air like frosting pressing against our lips as we tread under the gray sky. It held back its tears so as not to draw attention from our moment. Later that evening it poured. Water slid down the windowpanes. I pictured him holding the hose as the water smeared against the glass,...
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When I woke up this morning, I still had the headache I went to sleep with. I got up, took a new headache medicine, and went back to bed. Two hours later my headache was gone, but the tissue under my left eye was swollen like a bee had stung me. On the back of the medicine bottle, it said that side effects could include facial swelling. Crap. Oh well, I thought, at least it didn’t happen this weekend when I had important...
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Having dreams can be hard. Do you ever wake up sometimes and wish you had nothing to accomplish in this world, nothing to do, to leave behind as your fingerprint on a happier more loving world? I sometimes wish there were a magical force that said, “Z, in this life, I give you permission to do nothing. Sink into the couch and watch Netflix all day. Read books in the sun. Be super duper lazy.” But alas, there is no magic voice,...
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Who doesn’t love to be praised, to be told they’re spectacular and wonderful, the best thing since sliced bread? Lisa Simpson, who has the intelligence of a college student in the body of an eight year old, is a classic example of how we can be cognitively intelligent and still find ourselves seeking attention and validation. Amongst adults, Lisa is praised for her intellect. At one point Principal Skinner tells her,...
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There seem to be so many things in life that are contradictory. Take for example, comparison. Comparison can be helpful in motivating or inspiring us towards a goal. It can prove that something is possible and we can do it too. It can also cause us to feel defeated, and that we’re never going to be as good. Why even try? The actual definition of comparison is: “the act of looking at things to see how they are similar or...
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