Aha! Moments – Page 12

KINDNESS POLICE (A story about fickle people)

Now, of course I have had plenty of experience with people like that: the full range from mild to extra hot bitches, from the subtle frenemies to the full-on social food chain hoes. But I walked away from my brief encounter wondering why it still unnerved me. I shouldn’t give a damn, right?
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Dancing & Dreaming (A story about the power to create)

I would be guided by my intuition to write about Gratitude, Grace, Love and Blessings during the 10 month long summer and Sorrow, Loss and Fear during Wintertime. God knows, I could write about all those things with absolute ease.
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The Girl who was raped (A story about picking your battles)

The author had researched rape expensively for her Honours thesis and in a bloody cruel twist of fate, she was raped on the very night that she had presented her research and was out to celebrate.
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Have you ever? (A deep and personal reflection on life revisited)

Have you ever felt like you’ve been kicked in the gut? How did the breaking of your heart sound? Did it grind, wring and burn corners of your chest that you had long forgotten?
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Pick Your Battles (A story about standing up)

As the waitress brought my bill, one of the men tapped a cleaner on her shoulder saying “excuse me, do you like big or small bananas?” “Bananas?” she asked, genuinely missing their crudeness
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Reflections on Mama Karma through 3 generations

She would embarrass me constantly too. Not by anything she did/said/wore (well sometimes the Converse trainers and expletives were a bit much) or how she smoked with the young girls while her peers drank tea in a circle saying the rosary. No, just by being herself.
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What’s YOUR story (Mine is about GRATITUDE)

It occurred to me that on the road to recovery, I had developed a special set of skills using instinct, intuition, vibrations, feelings, nuances. My 2 dull senses heightened the 3 fully functional ones. Those superpowers were my biggest gift as a writer. They made for some powerful storytelling.
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How a DUSTBIN schooled me (A Lesson in Self-Worth)

I left her to deal with her own “issues” of boundaries, self-worth, value, dignity. I knew better than to mess with a cow who has had enough!
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How a piece of gum taught me 5 Important Life Lessons

The object of her fury was a man in a car. Crazy was lying on top of the bonnet with her granny knickers on display for the whole parking lot to see.
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Free Upgrade (A story about ceasing opportunity)

We were seated together in the emergency exit and as the stewardess was showing us how to help other people in an emergency, the smell from the Vicks Vapour Rub stuff began to burn MY eyes. That shit was strong and I am certain that the manufacturers did not intend that it be used in…
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