Tag: Writing
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Life is a Picture-Perfect Puzzle
“Most people think happiness is about gaining something, but it’s not. It’s all about getting rid of the darkness you’ve accumulated.” – Carolyn Crane I posted this quote a few weeks ago, but I had to revisit it because it presents such a different perspective on happiness as we know it. Let me begin by…
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The Sky is Always Blue
Although I have what I would call a healthy fear of flying, I still love to get on a plane and soar above the clouds. There is just something quite calming when we finally reach cruising altitude where the clouds are beneath us like fluffy cotton balls drifting off into the sun. I don’t know why, but I…
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Let Me Fly
I think they were afraid to let me fly. Scared that if I left the ground it would expose their inner fear of leaving the ground. My flight would expose the fact that they were actually the ones that were supposed to teach me how to fly, but for one reason or the other, they could…
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Racism in Fifty Words
Dreaming. Walking. Running. Falling. Running. Dreaming. Then, I feel the bump as racism steps into me, the blood dripping as racism clips my heel but never my wings. Back on track, I learned that I must run both looking to the left and the right and always over my shoulder. *** Racism is still real. These are the silent words…
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On the Other Side of Fear
It was about 11 o’clock at night and I had just landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. I was on the second leg of a three-stop journey—Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Diego. Being my first time visiting Arizona, and not knowing when or if I would return, I somehow thought it would be a great…
life/me. 