1001 Steps Upgraded
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Confidantes In The Clouds
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” — Anais Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
Our most non-judgmental friends, who don't say a word and might have animal friends of their own, are our pets that bring us solace and open our eyes to creature worlds.
Long-lasting or brief, some human relationships are more memorable than others. While friendships can fade or end in betrayal, others are resilient and deepen. A poem I wrote earlier and the Anais Nin quote (above) is my response to "reply to something someone else wrote", the Poets and Storytellers United prompt.
As Nin suggests, we broaden our insights when entering into a closeness with others and learn about ourselves along the way. Friends treat each other's vulnerabilities with respect and provide safe haven for honest conversation. We learn empathy from one another and acceptance of imperfections. Trust develops when a friendship is true. Friends encourage us and stick by us in the darkest of times.
When clouds brew, friends are supportive and tell truths no one else would dare do. And now in a world Anais Nin never knew, there are chatbot AI companions existing somewhere in the Cloud where computer programs are our confidantes and pretend friends. So as a backup, should any of these fizzle like mine did at age six, let us be our own best friend and befriend others as well as the planet that sustains us all.
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Incognito
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin
Long ago when I used to smoke and perm my hair, I pondered and still do ponder life.
Bound by the senses I nonetheless hold tremendous hope that one day we will learn leaps more about the nature of existence. Our imaginations and curiosity will break through with better ideas which perhaps already whisper within, urging us onward.
The clouds aren't spilling their secrets and for some reality is in their phones more so than the scenes at their feet that wave from right in front of them.
Because they're so common, it's easy to become blind to the wonders that surround and engulf us and perhaps blind us even to some of life's answers.
Yet contemplation persists and is humankind's gift for which I am grateful. So to those who celebrate gratitude today, I wish you a peaceful, enlightening Thanksgiving.
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The sky was awash with brooding and bright clouds after a recent atmospheric river of rain fell where the sculpture of a passenger stood as if ready to hop onboard a train at the former station, now White Rock Museum, where my Penelope cards and book live. Many scenes captured my imagination that day as did the Poets and Storytellers United prompt Mary Oliver’s “The Uses of Sorrow”:
Someone I loved once gave me / a box full of darkness. / It took me years to understand / that this, too, was a gift.
Most harbor private sorrows. Sometimes we cherish them like old friends that we call upon from time to time. Most also know that life is too precious not to be savored.
I contemplated many things as I walked on the pier and took in the surroundings.
The White Rock Pier, said to be the longest boardwalk (1540 ft.) in Canada, was upgraded to wheelchair friendly recently. From the pier, I saw the museum and a rail of the still active track for trains that no longer stop there. The painted rock for which the small city is named was in the distance. Apartment buildings and homes large to little were stacked on the hilly horizon. Birds were recovering from the downpour, seeming to enjoy resting and grooming in the after-the-storm calm. 
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The Poets and Storytellers United prompt "write a letter to our body" brought Earth to focus, the "body" we live on that's losing its luster, in part, due to human activity that can be mitigated simply by lowering carbon emissions. There is also the bruising of wars that effect Earth as a whole. The human cycle of our billions-of-years-old home has been hospitable. If it were human, however, it might need hospitalization, although on calm days a sick planet can look remarkably well and its health quite indiscernible. 
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Parting Of The Clouds Over White Rock
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Letter From Earth
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