There is motion and there is motive. There is a difference between the two. There is reactivity and there is response. There is a space that satisfies a deeper need.

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3 rejection letters over the weekend, 2 more submissions put in today...

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Inspired by the #AndreaGibson #poem "Things That Don’t Suck" I decided to compile my own list of big and small gratitudes:

Cream soda. Pen pal letters. Weekend mornings. Typewriters. Street art. Roasting marshmallows. Pretty rocks. Really soft blankets. Cats. Sun showers. Pinball machines. Pumpkin patches. Birthday cake. Starling murmurations. Book stores. Bounce houses. Bubble wrap. Spring breezes. The northern lights. #Gratitude itself.

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Here's today's installment of my #DeepThoughts thread.

-- If you really care about #tolerance you should not tolerate intolerance

Not original, not really deep maybe, but when I first came across it a lightbulb turned on in my head.

This needs to be hammered regularly until it penetrates the thick collective skull of our sorry species

Notice the flavor of moral injunction #MicroEssay

I've discovered that 500 characters is a very convenient discipline for me, and that the tag #MicroEssay already exists