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Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 129
Sadje’s take on Exploration Challenge #129
Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge
EXPLORATION PROMPT 129
I invite you to explore either one or both of the following themes in your piece
- Addiction
- Depression
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Addition is often born out of depression
When we cannot find answers we turn
To finding oblivion in a bid to forget
But addiction is not just substance abuse
It is also when we feel unable to function
Without a crutch, a dependence or a craving
We can overdose on food or something benign
But excess of anything is never a good idea
Kick the addiction away in a healthy way
Seek help for asking for help is not weakness
Fight for yourself as you are precious
Fight your battle with full force
It is undeniable that a healthy body leads to
A health mind and psyche
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Greatness
I wish I had skipped greatness. Devotees come with high expectations, and I have to live up to it- confined within rocky boundary lines. I replicated myself in the process of expansion. It’s not easy to grow at that rate. But I cannot move. I envy that tiny bird which flies in the sky, exploring … Continue reading Greatness
Space
I don’t know why my parents filed annual report cards from school, certificates for extracurricular activities, photographs clicked ceremoniously on birthdays. I added peacock feathers, pressed leaves between pages, toys, diaries and books for keepsake. I plan to clean the attic today. I need space for my grown-up self. https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/weekend-writing-prompt-151-keepsake/
Some days I thrive and some days I just survive — Blessed with a Star on the Forehead
“It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.” ― Leon C. Megginson Leon Megginson was talking about business on the … Continue reading Some days I thrive and some days I just survive — Blessed with a Star on the Forehead
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #129 — addiction and the hero’s journey
Addiction and a hero’s journey …. by Jade Li/Lisa
Addiction and habit are shades cut from the same cloth. The brain in my brain is like a malleable lump of grey clay and thoughts form depressions in the clay that makes it easier for the same thoughts to roll along. When there is a habit, of thought or deed, it easily rolls along those grooves. What happens with addiction is when whatever that habit is gets disrupted and throws things out of balance.
Functionality and how functionality is affected by the imbalance is the state to be assessed, regardless of origin of it. Think of a ship where all of the weight is put on one side. The ship might still sail but it will be leaning. If a strong wind knocks up against it, it might keel over. Will you…
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Never before
Never before has the country been so sharply and so vociferously divided into two camps. Social media is vitriolic. At the same time, people love getting doped with inane challenges- wear this, tag that person… And now comes the mega Challenge from the political leadership – Switch off all lights at 9 pm for 9 … Continue reading Never before
haiku
Joe M’ s haiku take on Exploration Challenge #129
aggressive humans
fight stronger predators which
includes their own kind
Life Is Off
Life is off… by Susi Bocks
moving purposefully
in this small space
determined
idle productivity
everything
and everyone
standing still
while the world shifts
close contact
feels extinguished
but not
the craving
a need for warmth
in a world
that seems to
have gone cold
a temporary situation
they say
hopefully
this depression is too
May you all have enough distance to be safe and
connected with sufficient love to remain sane.
Life is bankrupt
Life is bankrupt....by Eugenia
