“A life mostly sunny with a chance of hail.”
ALT: “In my mind, no one can hear me scream… but somehow they know when my fly is down.”
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PROMPT: Good Life
Daily writing prompt
What are the most important things needed to live a good life?
1.) Good company; 2.) studiousness; 3.) a sense of humor, and 4.) the capacity to let go of that which has no value.
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PROMPT: Companion
Who do you spend the most time with?
I’m with Myself all the time, and that guy gets on my last nerve.
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PROMPT: Name Change
Harry Savage.
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PROMPT: Chocolate
Tastes like chocolate, but with the caloric density of broccoli.
[And because someone might insist on trying to make such a monstrosity in reality, I must add a third criterion: should NOT result in me shitting my pants. (There are no free rides in life.)]
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PROMPT: Childhood Book
I remember an adaptation or condensed version of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. The castaway theme probably resonated with my introverted nature.
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PROMPT: Three Books
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
This poetry collection teaches that most challenging of human skills: how to be insanely confident that you can do anything without being a jerk about it. (Also, how to see beauty beyond the societal consensus of what’s beautiful.)
Zhuangzi by ZhuangziThe virtues of a carefree, spontaneous, minimalist, and down-to-earth approach to living explained through tiny stories.
The Tragedies of William Shakespeare by William ShakespeareA master class in things that can turn a life into a tragedy.
Titus Andronicus: Live by the sword = tragedy (An eye for an eye, and everyone dies.)
Romeo & Juliet: Grudges (+ Lust) = tragedy
Julius Caesar: handing your adversary the mic (/ the fickleness of crowds) = tragedy
Hamlet: indecisiveness = tragedy (i.e. On or off the crazy-bus.)
Othello: jealousy = tragedy
Macbeth: excessive ambition = tragedy
King Lear: needing gratuitous signs of affection = tragedy
Timon of Athens: expectations of reciprocity = tragedy
Anthony & Cleopatra: mixing one’s love and work lives = tragedy
Coriolanus: a crotchety old warrior in peace time = tragedy
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PROMPT: Brings Joy
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.
Feel gratitude, daily.
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PROMPT: Friend
What quality do you value most in a friend?
Thoughtful, & conversationally fluent, on a variety of topics.
Must not play the bagpipes.
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PROMPT: Religion
Do you practice religion?
Not even a little.
I thought of starting my own, but having seen what people have done with ones founded by genuinely wise and good individuals (e.g. Buddha & Jesus,) I became preemptively disheartened about the prospects for one started by the likes of me.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 