Reasons to Live (RtL) = right to left
by Ann Bogle
1. to wear my clothes ("ambitious")
2. to ride my Townie bicycle
3. to fact check rumors
4. to fact check news reports
5. to defeat social sadism
6. to register for the draft
7. to get to know people who call in seeking my help
8. to praise Elizabeth Cady Stanton
9. to praise God
10. to increase my conscious contact with my higher rock, who is God
11. to fail to appreciate each lower power
12. to love, honor, and obey a big change in the idea of friend to mean visibly present other who shares
13. to become enriched in value equal to every good deed, every good thought, and every benefit of every doubt I ever extended
14. to cure my loyalty to a friend with borderline, a bulimarexic poor herself in honor whom I steadfastly nurtured just in time to see her
... to be continued
15. to read as much as possible all the books I need now and in Sheol
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A great list that I wish had been continued. I'm not sure I can cheer 6., and I wish I knew the conclusion to 14. A great deal here to think about.
Thank you.
Lxx
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A tasty package: suspense, irony, snark, heart and insight. My favorite: to defeat social sadism. *
Even when re-reading, I always find surprise in your work, Ann. This piece is nice. Also made me think of Fatboy Slim -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_1o3Qw4KM
Sincere, solid.
This:
5. to defeat social sadism
Most definitely.
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Thanks to you readers. I like Letitia's comment; the first comment is often harder to make rather than easier. I expected to want to lengthen the list. I feel no inclination to add to it yet, however, a few days later.
to fact check rumors *
"to become enriched in value equal to every good deed, every good thought, and every benefit of every doubt I ever extended"
Ann, you are a wonder and a wonderful writer. Whatever you do, don't stop.
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Thanks, Gita. Big thanks, Bill.