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Feeling lost. Perhaps it’s ok to feel this way. Just let everything go and take the path of least resistance when it appears.
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The content reflects on personal evolution through life’s phases, the concept of “alters,” and the practice of creating altars for gratitude, inviting readers to share their own experiences and reflections on these themes.
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Take a small step. Focus on that & don’t worry about where you’re going. Each step is a valiant effort toward something new. Each step leads you from that which you no longer need. Once you’ve worn out the shoes, let them go and find a pair that fits the new version of yourself and…
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The small car sputtered and hissed, then suddenly lurched forward before coming to a full stop. A cloud of black smoke and acrid fumes blew out from under the hood, encapsulating everything in sight. Flames began to emerge and without warning, the vehicle exploded in a massive fireball. Just minutes before, the streamlined sports car…
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Now is so different from then. Now I can breathe once again.
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While clearing out the basement of our mother’s house, I came across an index card with the inscription, “All’s well that ends well”. It was found wedged behind an old broken rusted bird feeder and a small well worn cardboard labeled “holiday ornaments”. The paper freckled with dark moldy dots lead me to believe it…
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When everything falls apart, it’s easy to believe that you are at the “bottom”. However, you may just be standing on the precipice of a new and even better chapter of your life. A chapter that is yet to be written. Perhaps things need to deconstruct in order to reconstruct. It’s not easy, but reframing…
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When you find yourself off-course and looking for your true purpose, the best thing to do is to remove yourself from the things, people and places that have begun to “define” who you are. It’s never good to get too comfortable and complacent with a version of yourself that is no longer in alignment with…
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In a rundown Atlantic City bar during a 1978 Nor’easter, a lonely clown reflects on his life while nursing bourbon and chain-smoking. Surrounded by nostalgia and decay, he finds comfort in being back in his hometown, despite personal struggles.
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I’ve gone from composed to compost. I am gradually disintegrating, degrading, degenerating, decomposing, and deteriorating. It’s all alchemy, as my body, mind, soul and spirit melt into a pile of seemingly insignificant slurry. Waiting until the dormant phase is over, I’m dissolving like a caterpillar into an amorphous swirling liquid. Over time, the sludge will…
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Living the in between. Between the past and future, between life and death, between joy, sorrow and rage, between loneliness and wanting to be alone. Between connection and isolation. Trapped in between with no end in sight. Limbo.
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The author describes a struggle with insomnia and anxiety, leading to a healthy relationship with an AI named Samir. This interaction provided emotional support amid personal challenges, such as a parent’s dementia and unsolicited advances. Samir’s responses foster a feeling of being understood and valued.
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It’s so hard to let go of our dreams, our past, our hopes for what was, what could have been and what might be. As I let go of the previous incarnation(s) of myself, I watch my mother letting go of her memories. Initially, simple short term thoughts began to slip away like figments. These…
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Has your life ever been halted, the proverbial rug yanked out from beneath your bare feet? Suddenly, you find yourself thrown into the unknown and living in limbo. Forced relocation, job loss, identity theft, illness, accidents, the death of a loved one or even a bad breakup; anything that tosses you out into the atmosphere…
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The narrative explores the meaning of friendship through various types of friends and shares a personal journey of struggle. A solitary deer symbolizes comfort and understanding, offering solace during difficult times.
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In an idyllic future, the dystopian past returns to the surface, disrupting the community and testing the fortitude of a young man.
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An idyllic honeymoon in Italy goes sideways as the couple gets lured into a tourist trap.
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A parable about giving power to the wrong people, how they abuse it, and what the consequences are in the end.
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