It’s not a fear, just aversion.
The hatred, resentment, conspiracies all make me feel like I’ve been there before, but it’s not a zone I’d like to re-enter.
I can feel it in my bones, but I can’t extract that one toxic ingredient and give it a name -it’s not a person, but a widely prevalent feeling of a mob that does not like people rising above it.
They continue to malign, to humiliate in an attempt to project themselves as superior.
They fear that one voice or an emerging moon on a dark night will expose their hollowness.
But the beauty of the moon shines best in the dark, and its silence can be heard on close contact – only if you manage to reach there and hear its heartbeats.

Title and subject matter go hand in hand. There is no reaching, extracting those caught up in the “mob mentality”. It is infectious and dangerous. We’re going to need an awful lot of shining, bright “moons” because the darkness seems to be spreading.
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Unfortunately, you are so right that the darkness is spreading.
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Excellent, Reena. Five sentences are a little scary, but then there is the beautiful moon. Lovely🌝
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Thank you so much! 😊
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Always beware the mob mentality.
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Absolutely. Discretion is suspended in those acts.
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The Six Sentence Story ‘Phrase of the Week’:
“…but a widely prevalent feeling of a mob that does not like people rising above it.
Excellent
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Thanks! Glad the sentence appealed to more than one person 😊
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Nice phrase: “a mob that does not like people rising above it”
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Thank you, Frank!
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I can certainly think of a mob that needs to be extracted.
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There are so many of them – mindless machines following instructions and taking pride in it 😂
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I love this so much 😍💙💙💙
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Thank you so much, Maria!
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It might be far away, but it’s not unreachable…
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So very right 🙂 India’s Chandrayaan landed there yesterday.
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Lovely 6
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Thank you so much!
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You’re always welcome
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