Category: Reflection
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Running late for the success train
I, friends, feel like an abject failure. That is harsh, but I do feel that I somehow fell far behind my peer group. I look with envy on their personal and professional successes. I sit back and wonder where I went wrong. Where did I get delayed on my course? I would love to say…
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I blame the human genome project
A funny thing happened after the sequencing of the human genome. The science became mainstream and taught it schools everywhere. It advanced the way we understood biology. And that led us to the phrase, “I just don’t have the genetics for that,” and all its variations. With the expansion of human knowledge came with the…
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Like toothpick bridges
There is a common grade school physics project, the toothpick bridge. Or balsam wood. Or straws, the material doesn’t really matter. All I know is the assignment I was given was to take these materials and come back with a viable bridge. I took the materials, and did my best. My best included supergluing my…
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No need to set a fire
All ablaze, you self-combusted to keep them warm, and now they won’t even sit still to absorb the heat. You are turning in to ashes. No good to anyone, especially yourself. You’ve bent so yourself so they wouldn’t break, and here you are now, in pieces, while they continue on with no intent to help…
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Beautiful things should cost more
Have you seen the show Nailed It? I used to watch regularly, feeling quite smug about my comparative baking skills. I would sit there shocked by how far off their cake sculptures were from the original. Even more so, I was amazed by the contestants’ unwillingness to follow the recipe instructions or truly observe the…
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Can I quit?
It just dawned on me that my refusal to quit is the very reason why it is so hard for me to start. Maybe it was that old refrain that “Quitters never win,” or just a deep seated desire to be considered reliable or loyal. I have been unwilling to let go of things because…
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Pause before checkout
I moved items to cart. And then I paused to think. After refreshing the page, I noticed more items were marked as sold out. I started panic, worried that I would be missing out if I didn’t act fast during this limited-time sale. And then I closed the laptop, to return to the cart the…
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When did I get so small?
I don’t know when it happened, but I awakened and realized how small I got. I came to find myself minimized. When did it happen? When did I become so assuming? When did I decide that I won’t take up any more than the necessary space, and would take less than that if you asked…
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A fashion blog, and yet highly unfashionable
I went to an event today and felt so out of place. The women at this daytime event were made up, well dressed in heels with their designer bags. I showed up in a wrinkled shirt that I tried to disguise with my coat and the pants that I found and thought, eh they’d fit.…
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I fell today
Yesterday, I fell down. Truthfully, a hook got caught on the bottom loop of my shoe lacing pattern and dragged me to the ground. Today, I told someone that the path was way too slippery today on account of the rain, and then I proceeded to go down it. And of course, I slipped and…
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