As a thinking, thoughtful woman, who realizes there is nothing random in the world, I wasn’t going to allow a pebble to ruin the beauty of my day
The sun was shining and the clouds were — what’s the fancy word for puffy clouds? Billowing? No, clouds can’t billow. But you know what, let’s let them billow, I love that word.
So the clouds were billowing, and the sun shining, and birds chirping, and the sky a cerulean blue (I’m not sure what shade that is either, but it sounds literary). It was one of those days when you felt joyous at the very fact that you existed in this glorious universe, when your heart exploded with happiness and gratitude.
Except that there was a tiny blight on this perfect scene. It was small, very small — a sharp little pebble that had lodged itself inside my left shoe, just between my second and third toe. It hurt.
But as a thinking, thoughtful woman, who realizes there is nothing random in the world, I wasn’t going to allow a pebble to ruin the beauty of my day. In fact, I was going to mine it for inspiration, because inspiration is here, there, and everywhere. You just need to look for it, and seek it, and you’ll find it.
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