Object: Write for 5 consecutive minutes on one topic. "Unscripted. Unedited. Real."
Topic: Ordinary
If you read my post yesterday, this goes right along with my heart at the moment! Ordinary. I am not. Ordinary I am often drawn to because it looks like a less chaotic mind ~ yet it is isn't. It looks normal. Yet it isn't! Ordinary LOOKS appealing, yet ...... if you get stuck trying to be "ordinary" ..... it feels horrific.
I am a robust (in voice, energy, etc) woman. I am not quiet. I can be quiet ~ almost deafening at times, but it is not how I would describe myself. If I AM quiet I am pondering something life changing (ya know, what color should I do my toenails this summer, should I write a book, is there something that I can change in my classroom to reach so and so better, those kinds of things).
Ordinary is a trap. A trap of nothing. A trap of lies that if you get entangled in them .... you lose who YOU are in the process. I was becoming ordinary..... and I could feel the life within me draining. It was daunting to be ordinary. It was .... not what I want for my daughter, and not what I want for myself.
Ordinary could be a prison of sorts ~ if allowed to continue. We have a prison full of "ordinary" criminals. Sure, they all have a tale to tell ~ and it may sound horrific, but ... they fell in the trap of lies, greed, lust, etc. Ordinary leads to failure. Ordinary ...... chokes the life right out of you.
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Great post. I find it quite amusing that classroom management and painting your toes are of equal importance. However, I only laugh because I understand exactly what you mean.
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