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@marblely · 2 years ago

13 December 2021: Learn

Dear Diary, Time flew by again. It felt like just recently I wrote to you but when I checked the dates again, it was more than a week ago. I was just telling myself the other day that I must not negl...

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@marblely · 2 years ago

3 December 2021

3 December 2021 Dear Diary, I am back today. I decided that I must make time to write to you every few days. Like Yoda says, "Do or do not. There is no try.". How very true. When we say that we wil...

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@marblely · 2 years ago

30 November 2021

Dear Diary, It’s been a long while since I wrote to you. I apologize. I have neglected you for so long. I used to write to you every night when I was in school and quite often when I was in college....

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Keeping hopes low

Life can be funny sometimes. The more we want something, the harder it was to get what we want or the more we expect that we would achieve something, the more we won’t. It doesn’t happen always but I...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

What is the point?

“What is the point of folding them if we are going to wear them again tomorrow or in the next few days?” a child asked his mom when she asked him to fold the laundry. “Well, if you are okay with wrink...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Dashed

She sat there waiting as patiently as she could. There was nothing she could do more except to sit and wait for the results. Anxious and worried with all sorts of thoughts racing through the little mi...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Nothing is truly permanent

When I started working after college, I was told by the employer that there were basically two kinds of employment in the company. One was as contract hires, another was as regular hires. It was the...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

The silent giver

He munched his breakfast cereal topped with some pumpkin seeds and fresh strawberries, quietly and quickly. The cereal had only been soaked in cold milk for just a short while because he liked them st...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Breaking it down

A high pile of dishes in the kitchen sink is never a sight to behold. In fact, it is a nerve wrecking sight sometimes. It makes me annoyed and frustrated, knowing the amount of washing that needs to b...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Setting reminders

One of my frustrations these days is my forgetfulness and short memory span. I would think about something and the next second, literally the very next second, I would forget about it until it was too...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

It is a mood thing

It is true when they say it is a mood thing. Mood, generally defined as a temporary feeling or state of mind, or the way we feel at a point in time or a period of time. But mood is something that can...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Kelsie

“Look at that cute girl, so bubbly and chatty. She is the same age as you. Why can’t you be like her?” Kelsie remembered her mother chiding when she was younger. Her mother’s glare and the stare alway...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Eight months

Eight months, two days and ten hours, that was how long it has been. She looked out of her little window to the world outside. The world she has not been able to feel and experience for that long of a...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Taking the time to do it right

“You are taking too much time to complete this.” I was once told when I was washing dishes. I was brushed away and the job was taken over immediately. Although I was happy to be excused from doing the...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Finding the calm

One man’s calm may not be another man’s calm but each will have its own. When I was studying, I worry. I worried about exams, I worried about understanding the syllabus, I worried that I might fail...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

When the mind is set

When the mind is set, It is pretty much fixed, Nothing can easily change, When the ears don’t listen. When the words don’t flow, Only stuck, linger and blow, All around and about, But not in...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

When my body tells me so

I woke up yesterday morning with aches all over my body and I couldn’t really sleep because every turn and movement was achy. It felt weird, as though I had a really tough workout the day before or I...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

I felt like scones

I got up early the other day and wondered what I should do. I didn’t want to be mopping and as I sat there thinking for a bit, I decided to make some scones. It was a recipe I tried a few times before...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Nothing is truly free

“Look ma! There is a buy 1 free 1 promo!” A teenage girl exclaimed excitedly to her mother while pointing to the display card. Two packets of Hershey’s chocolate chips for the price of one. Looked li...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Start anew

The bus was arriving at her stop and she pressed the bell. The bus stopped by the road side and she got down. As she stepped on the curb, she looked up to the sky. Sunny blue sky with cottony puffy cl...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

To believe and to trust again

A stranger approached two friends who were standing at the bus stop near their workplace waiting for their transport to arrive. The stranger, a young adult casually dressed in a simple T-shirt and jea...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

It takes time

Many things in life take time. When I watched the recent Tokyo Olympics, I can only imagine the amount of time taken for each athlete to be where they are today. No doubt, the time taken has to be co...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Step by step

“Step by step and you will get there.” Words we often hear as a child and even now, as adults. When we were learning how to walk, our parents or if there was any adult looking, they would be on stand...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Hidden intentions

I get a little weary when someone I haven’t heard from for a long time and one whom I am not close to, suddenly appeared out of the blue and asks how am I doing. I become wearier when they start askin...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

A gift of positivity

It isn't always easy to know what to give as a gift to someone in need, especially when it is something beyond our skill and capability. When one has been diagnosed with a terminally ill condition, wh...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

The whys and hows

I think teaching kids between the ages of five to eleven can be thought of as one of the most interesting learning experiences anyone can have. Kids are curious by nature and at around four to five, w...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Of passion, heart and soul

Just the other day, I watched a debate. It was a debate between politicians. One was from the opposition side, bringing out points and highlighting concerns, emphasizing what action and steps that the...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Self-confidence, in moderation

Self-confidence is a funny thing. We need a substantial amount of self-confidence to have faith in ourselves, to build our self-esteem, to believe in ourselves and to be able to push ourselves to do t...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Over time

“You will feel better over time.” So I was told when I was hurting from a pretty bad car accident a few years back. But that was after I went to see a doctor. When I was involved in the accident, I t...

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@marblely · 3 years ago

Do I care? Do they care?

Sometimes I catch myself when I get all worked up over something, when I over think things, when I over do things. I would ask myself, why do I care or why did I care? Do I care? Do they care? The ans...

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