"I'm Fine With That"
I said 'I'm fine with that' like I was doing them a favour by accepting. I was trying not to smile.
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She Moved On Untouched
Everything that had escalated inside me had existed only there. She moved on untouched. I carried the weight.
Four Climbs. One Mountain.
Same trail, same weather, same day. Four people, four completely different experiences. Neither was lying. Both were telling the truth as they lived it.
The Forest Was Not the Problem
A friend called from Norway blaming the terrain for his pain. The forest was fine. Twenty kilos too heavy and years without training was the problem.
Easy to Approve Of. Difficult to Inhabit.
At nineteen I got out of a car without thinking. At thirty I'd talk myself out of the same instinct for weeks. The signal didn't change. I did.
The Finish Line That Doesn’t End Anything
I thought freedom was money. A millionaire with no answer to his own question changed that.
The Rehearsed Answer
I gave the same answer about my business twice, word for word, to different people. That's when I realized the answer was rehearsed.