Linda posts the prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday on Friday so that people have a chance to mull the prompt before writing the post, which is stream of consciousness so no editing allowed.
Confession: Sometimes, I write the post on Friday and just schedule it to come out on Saturday.
Second Confession: Sometimes, I plan the post in my head more than I probably should to be true stream of consciousness.
I usually do, though, manage to have some thoughts about the prompt or I just don’t participate that week.
Because it’s Just Jot It January and because I already didn’t do Stream of Consciousness one week because I had a post of my own I wanted to get out, I really wanted to do SoCS this week.
The prompt is to use “count on it” in the post.
When I read it Friday morning, I thought that it would be pretty straightforward. Something would pop into my head as the focus for the post.
But that didn’t happen.
A lot of things that I can no longer count on came into my head, but it seemed too unsettling to write about that.
I think the combination of personal losses, the pandemic, the divisiveness of the United States, and the feeling that I’m always waiting for the next shoe to drop – and it does – have left me unsure that there is anything I can count on.
It’s probably more feeling than fact.
It’s cold and grey today.
The sun will rise tomorrow.
I can count on it.
Yes, let’s go with that.
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They say confession is good for the soul, and it’s good for the rest of us who do similar things. I almost always start my SoCS post on Fridays. I do mull over the prompt a bit, because there have been many times when later think I’d wished I’d written about something else. SoC writing is an adventure. As far as the way the external world goes, there’s always going to a shoe dropping somewhere. Sometimes it feels like the sky is pouring shoes. But the sun always rises, the birds keep on singing, so far, and love still exists. Take care, Joanne.
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Thank you, JoAnna. I always appreciate your insights and thoughts. Some days, I can manage the uncertainty and change and other days, not so much.
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You’re welcome. Yes, some days are easier than others.
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Yes let’s go with that it is a good thought and we all need good thoughts 💜💜💜
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