Proof of Life PrintEvery so often in my life, things are going along swimmingly. I know where Im going, the path is clear, progress is being made. Everything makes sense and the future is bright. I like when life is like that. But then, seemingly overnight, everything goes dry. Sand has obscured my path, and I feel like Im in a barren wasteland, uncertain of which direction to head. I wonder if all the progress and clarity Id experienced was merely a mirage, because

Because some of the qualities we are so eager to abandon are the very things that can reward us with the kind of life we so desperately crave

But if I wanted to experience the game for real I had to insert some coins

While there are certainly things that are

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Maybe you have a prayer like that

billion dollars

We danced when we were excited

My prayer to live on a lake was a message in a bottle

I didn’t get things that I asked for

and how sometimes

the white picket fence served as the trophy to prove that you won

Inspired by the old-fashioned barrel of monkeys