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You Choose

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By Judey Kalchik Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 1 min read
You Choose
Photo by Jordan Wozniak on Unsplash

Day by Day: Decide

Today is the Day: Restart

Each Day: Begin Anew

Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

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O my darlings-

Why are you waiting for the perfect time?

The perfect audience?

The rules and regulations to bend your way?

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This is your time; it, and you, are perfect.

You are the author and audience of your life; your heart is longing to watch you soar.

The pages are prepared; they await your decision

( pristine and perfect, a new page each day)

The rules and regulations are margins for you to explore as you write out your own journey.

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Decide today that you will write only truth.

Remember: Dreams and wishes are also truth, they are the breaths of what could be.

Include them in your writing so that they may stretch and take on substance.

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We have only one true book that falls to us to author.

No one knows how many pages await us.

No one knows the plot twists, cast of characters, s/heroes and dangers.

No one can (or should even try to) write it for us.

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Sometimes it seems that we have lost the plot.

Dropped the thread.

Must edit out the characters and decisions.

It feels insurmountable: so much effort and confusion are in the pages already!

Don't lose heart.

It is YOUR STORY.

Today: Decide. Restart. Begin Anew.

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Your comments and observations are always very welcome.

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Judey Kalchik

It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

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    Written by Judey Kalchik