The morning starts with an Ashley Brilliant quote for me, “I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent”.
I wonder if the Maker is bad at design, and committed awful mistakes in putting me together. The world expected a better version, but is compelled to tolerate me, and keeps expressing its frustration in different ways.
The mirror is friendly and does not scream ‘Aberration’, but there’s a voice behind it saying the head could have been better placed. Where … at somebody else’s feet, or recording messages from others flying at me?
Just ingredients are not enough for a good cocktail, the proportion and mixing technology matters in creating the right spirit.
Written for Six Sentence Story Thursday Prompt
Creative Experiments and More 
Lovely, Reena.
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Thank you ☺️
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Love this, Reena, especially the last sentence. Take 10 mixologists, give them the same ingredients, sit back and wait for 10 different results. The challenge is in finding the excellence in each combination.
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Exactly! Thank you, Denise!
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“…the proportion and mixing technology matters in creating the right spirit.”
(and, always, beneath it all, in a voice too quiet other than to be heard by very few, is ‘is this what they meant by being a good person?’)
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You got it right 😂
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Brought to mind the curate’s egg. The origin of the phrase is the George du Maurier cartoon “True Humility”, printed in the British satirical magazine Punch, on 9th November 1895.
Right Reverend Host. “I’m afraid you’ve got a bad Egg, Mr. Jones!”
The Curate. “Oh no, my Lord, I assure you! Parts of it are excellent!”
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Thanks for the update!
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Oh this is BRILLIANT! PS, I tend to avoid my mirror–she just hasn’t learned “acceptance” yet 🙂
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Photo filters are better ☺️ You can choose the way you like to see yourself, and keep changing too.
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Reminds me of a saying i’ve had for years. When they made me, they broke the mold. They also threw away the blueprints, retooled the assembly line, and fired the idiots at quality control.
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I’ve quoted the first part for years 😂 till I realised being different is also painful.
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Like your take on the quote. Great last line!
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Good point that the ingredients of a cocktail are not enough. Someone has to put it together.
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Thank you, Frank!
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every time i look in the mirror, I say, “Dad! How’d you get in here??”
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It happens beyond a certain age 🙂
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We’d all love a friendly mirror! A well-mixed cocktail might be nice too. Excellent Six, Reena.
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And a furry friend 🙂
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Enjoyed this take on human design, how comfy we are with how we look, and what qualifies a good cocktail. I love the mirror reference, and how the piece ends on the word ‘spirit’.
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Thank you for the detailed comment!
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Nice share
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Thank you, Tanvir!
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