| Self Improvement Non-Fiction posted March 23, 2023 |
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Perplexing as it may be ...
Would I if I Could
by Tom Horonzy
Let me begin by saying the older I get, the colder I get, but what might be the alternative? I can guarantee I cannot get younger, and besides, would I if I could?
Life might be better if I was a bettor, but I realize everything has an opposite.
Tangible evidence is in my history. The opposite of whatever was could await me, meaning, should I be willing to wager that a good thing past might be improved without weighing the possibility that what I lived could instead be worse? To that, I would be diametrically opposed.
Not knowing where it would leave me today, I'd likely lean towards staying where I am, for as the adage says, "a bird in the hand is better than a bird in the bush." That's logical. However, being inquisitive, I might inquire what kind of bird hides in the shrubbery.
If a sparrow, it might feed me for a day, a chicken two days longer, but a twenty-two-pound turkey could last a week or beyond if I froze parts of it.
Still, another proverb comes to mind, how "curiosity killed the cat." It warns dangers await in experimentation which can lead to personal misfortune, devastation, or death unless it comes with nine lives. Even then, if told, "here, are your spare lives," I'd be skeptical for nothing is guaranteed.
As an example, we had a kitten, eight weeks old, snatched away by a husky which snapped its neck. If he had lost eight previous lives before its demise at such an early age, the poor creature led one troublesome life. So, why would I if I could?
Let me end this verse, categorically denying any interest in turning back the pages of time to correct what I fell short of doing successfully on my initial attempt now that I am seventy-five.
Therefore to answer my question, would I if I could? Not a snowball's chance in Hades. Why? If I didn't win any beauty contest back in my heydays, my chance of winning now are slim to none.
Why can't you see it? writing prompt entry
Let me begin by saying the older I get, the colder I get, but what might be the alternative? I can guarantee I cannot get younger, and besides, would I if I could?
Life might be better if I was a bettor, but I realize everything has an opposite.
Tangible evidence is in my history. The opposite of whatever was could await me, meaning, should I be willing to wager that a good thing past might be improved without weighing the possibility that what I lived could instead be worse? To that, I would be diametrically opposed.
Not knowing where it would leave me today, I'd likely lean towards staying where I am, for as the adage says, "a bird in the hand is better than a bird in the bush." That's logical. However, being inquisitive, I might inquire what kind of bird hides in the shrubbery.
If a sparrow, it might feed me for a day, a chicken two days longer, but a twenty-two-pound turkey could last a week or beyond if I froze parts of it.
Still, another proverb comes to mind, how "curiosity killed the cat." It warns dangers await in experimentation which can lead to personal misfortune, devastation, or death unless it comes with nine lives. Even then, if told, "here, are your spare lives," I'd be skeptical for nothing is guaranteed.
As an example, we had a kitten, eight weeks old, snatched away by a husky which snapped its neck. If he had lost eight previous lives before its demise at such an early age, the poor creature led one troublesome life. So, why would I if I could?
Let me end this verse, categorically denying any interest in turning back the pages of time to correct what I fell short of doing successfully on my initial attempt now that I am seventy-five.
Therefore to answer my question, would I if I could? Not a snowball's chance in Hades. Why? If I didn't win any beauty contest back in my heydays, my chance of winning now are slim to none.
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Writing Prompt There is a 2000 word limit where I would like you to describe in words at least three symptoms a schizophrenic or physcotic person might face in there day to day life. This could be physical, emotional, vocal, anything you would like to include but there must be three of them. You may choose whether your character is on or off there medication; of if they are diagnosed or not. |
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Schizophrenia - a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements. I feel sure these fits, for humans battle constantly whether they would if they could go back and live again.
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