Loudoun County, Virginia When I tutored after-school at INMED, I noticed that the mission statement on the organization’s website mentioned that you’d think many of the residents in Loudoun county and in Sterling are among the rich, the blessed, the fortunate, while looking at the outside reality, or the semi-reality. Tidy driveways, stone or brick…
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Once, I was alone Don’t give it control over you; don’t let it overpower you. It’s been 29 years. Here’s to another 29, this time filled with happiness, and contentment with what I can’t control, with what we can’t influence. No more emptiness, no more translucent shapes materializing into the air. They were pinkish and…
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I’m ok. I’m ok. Not knowing when and where the joy will come. Maybe it’s here already. Angels are singing already. It’s in my heart, it shines off the copper earrings and bracelet I wear. It’s all around me, and in me. I am air on certain days, fire in others; earthy and rainy in…
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I think I might need to develop a better sense of class consciousness. I had that a lot when I was younger; I used to read and watch materials that were about class consciousness and workers’ struggles. Most of the literature I read was in fact socialist or socialist-oriented. Interestingly enough, I didn’t find much…
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It seems that it’s best that people like me create our own life. I don’t think we’re meant to live the same as everyone else, necessarily. We have to create a life that suits us, one that we can continue along very well. I tend to get very lost in my own head; I have…
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After having graduated from my English literature (and liberal studies) program in college, I’ve come to realize that I’m no longer tied down to the idea of what I thought I had to do. I’m no longer tied down to the idea of chasing a dream or a life mission (or a career) that does…
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hi friends. here are a few poems i recently got published with a small lit. mag. called The Flying Dodo journal; https://theflyingdodojourn.wixsite.com/the-flying-dodo/submission-guidelines | xxo, ty*. The Spiritual Is All There Is I’m considering applying for a job as a receptionist at a veterinary hospital, though that is serious and I don’t want to mess up…
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Throughout my years in college, I pursued volunteer opportunities and unpaid internships, rather than paid work. I was part-time during college, and so I graduated in about double the average time. It took me about eight years, instead of four. I took on about two classes per semester. I was actually registered with the disability…
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I used to worry about not fully completing my required tasks, my required tasks of living. I used to do this in a very vague and neurosis-like way, in an abstract way. I think I’ve recently come to understand that it’s best to simply get things done to the best of your ability, on a…
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It’s often hard to develop an understanding of who you are, and live accordingly. Even if you know who you are and who you aspire to become, the wider conditions around you often aren’t suited to your particular development and positive inclinations. It often seems that your environment is never really tailored for you, it’s never…
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