Stories tagged “goal”
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like a shining star
I pressed the glowing submit button and tilted back my chair. Swiveling the chair I stared at the space of white wall I’d spent the morning clearing. “A goal, now I have a goal.” An email popped into my inbox confirming the order I...
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i don't understand
Three weeks before prom. The dress arrived today and I’m ready to try it on. Excitement bubbles up inside me and I feel like I’m about to burst. I stand on top of my bed and reach up for the dress. My heart starts pounding in my chest. I kn...
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It Looks Like an Adidas Commercial
Rustenburg The black and white ball spun so fast it became grey. Robert Greene, England’s goalie, knew that it was up to him to prevent these American upstarts from scoring. They were decent players but enough was enough. He dove for the ball- an...
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Goals
I pressed the glowing submit button and tilted back my chair. Swiveling the chair I stared at the space of white wall I’d spent the morning clearing. “A goal, now I have a goal.” An email popped into my inbox confirming the order I’d just made....
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Logic, Emotion, and Mathematics
Gravity was my Key I pushed myself up off the cold ground. Rocks from the road clung to my nakedness. I brushed them away with a shaking hand. Even though I had starved myself relentlessly to get my weight down, it hadn’t been enough to allow me ...
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Trying and Doing
Two young men sat on a chilly Ottawa night, parked on the street after a tense meeting. A prickly debate had simmered, a trivial thing really, philosophical at best, the nature and manner of setting goals. The senior of the two felt compelled to press ...
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Together Alone
We wandered in search of our goal, And in sunlight our path always shone. Through mountain and forest we stole, Across plain and ravine, us alone. We sought to restore what was lost, By the fear of a fate left untold. So abandoning thought of the cost,...