sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
Sometimes I fantasize about disappearing.
Not dying.
Just logging off.
Getting a job no one cares about.
Growing tomatoes.
Writing poems in the margins of a notebook no one reads.
Not as a failure.
But as a kind of freedom.
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One story before another.
A few of my neighbors, in a way, decided to make the bottom of my driveway the new neighborhood bus stop. Every morning at 8:20 the cars all pull up in front of my house. My neighbors, strangers we don’t know, and their kids show up, st…
Excellent James! Thank you 💯🙏🏻🇺🇸
Thanks Joan, it’s funny how a story can make you see things differently. Sometimes just being aware can change you, in this case bring you patience.
I’d never heard this tea pot story. I will never forget it either. Inspiring and so true.
It is a great story Joan, I’m really glad you liked it. I like sharing these types of things on Dr. Malones sub stack, I knew people would appreciate it.
