doing the same old thing
and expecting different results
why do I tend to
give my power to others
who, like a bludgeon,
can crush my withered spirit
and brutally wound my heart
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Picture Credit: Maria Karim
An old question with no new answer… (tanka)
20 Thursday Oct 2016
Posted in Blogging 101, Creative Writing, Journaling, Poetry, Reflections, Uncategorized, Writing 101
Impromptu Promptlings 
When you figure out the answer to that question please pass it along. I have the same issues!
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Don’t hold your breath, Deb… I haven’t figured it out in 65 years. 😦
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So between us there is 128 years of trying to figure this out. Guess it’s safe to say screw it, huh? It just IS.
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LMBO!!! Well I guess you got a point, Deb. 😀 How you doing, btw?
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Hmm… one takes a heck of a risk, giving one’s power to another. I come at this idea from a gambler’s perspective. Sometimes there’s nothing more satisfying for me to do with money than to risk it. And when it pays off… oh man… so sweet… same maybe with the kind of power you’re discussing here. When one cedes another power and the other uses that power to lift one up… jackpot!
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I’ll not deny it, Uttley. How many hands do you usually have to be dealt before you break even? 😉
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I agree with Opher – it’s because of your humanity. Better a wounded, loving heart, than no heart at all. {{{Calen}}}
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This is true. Then I’d have to get a testimonial like the Tin Man… 😉
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🙂 🙂
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Sweet, good question.
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But a bad habit!
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Something happened ?
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A million things. For years! I have this behavior down pat now. (She says laying the back of her hand across her forehead and sighing, “Woe is me!”)
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Oh good, nothing new then 🙂
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Never ending hope and certainty that people will do the right thing.
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And that they are basically good people…
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Because you are human.
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Unfortunately… But then the question was kind of rhetorical. 🙂
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