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22

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Targeted!

Ever been targeted by someone–maybe an enemy you didn’t know existed? Or maybe it was friend soured. It could even have been by a total stranger, cruel or vindictive, picking you at random or making you pay for an imagined slight. Because you threaten someone in some way, for revenge, or for a hundred other reasons you may have been targeted and the victim of some form of attack. In one way or another, at one time or another, we have all be targeted by someone, whether or not we ever knew the reason.

Who targeted you? What happened? How did you react? Do you know the r…

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18

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3

Daydreaming

Standing in line. Waiting for that download. Sitting in traffic. Ignoring the commercials.

At such cerebrally relaxed moments, fertile imaginations may wander into worlds separated from this by a gentle nudge or a violent shove. Daydreaming is a human predaliction, as natural as speech. Our daydreams are formed from threads spun in our hearts and patches of life knitted by our life experiences.

When your imagination begins to knit, what quilt unfolds? Of what do you typically daydream?

This week’s Slant is inspired by my friend’s confession that sh…

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16

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3

I Wish I Was…

Somewhere? Someone? With…? Without…? More…? Less…?

No matter how self-aware, how happy you are with your life, locale, and person, there is always room for improvement. What do you want to change? What, who, where, when, or how do you wish you were…?

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14

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3

Recent Scare

In the last two years, what was the scariest moment you recall? It’s a simple question, loaded with implications. I won’t contaminate the results by providing examples. Be as honest as your conscience (and readership) warrants.

Aside: I would like to thank those who participated in last week’s Saturday Slant, entitled “A Different Kind of Question.” Hundreds of people read that particular post (I look at my server logs), and three people gave their Slants. I thank and appreciate those who had the courage to face a difficult and ser…

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12

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3

Moving Dead Bodies

Friends, they say, help you move. Real friends, they also say, help you move bodies. While I don’t expect anyone to admit asking a friend to move a body–unless one has an anonymous blog–there are those other things, those tough events, for which we must ask assistance from our friends. With what difficult task has a friend helped you?

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10

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3

Statuesque

The town council has announced its intent to erect a new statue in front of the town hall. Since there are enough statues about town of the founder, explorers, and other long-dead figures, the council has decided to allow the citizens to nominate someone to honor with the statue. Entries are open to anyone, living or dead.

Who do you think deserves to have a statue erected of him/her in your town? The town council wants justification for the nomination, so why should this person be honored with a statue? Speak from your heart.

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8

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3

Urgent Spring

Though only late February, Spring is in the air. Crocus have blossomed alongside the daffodils, and the sunlight clings to day just a little bit longer. About this time of year Spring urges grip our hearts and minds. What are your urges?

Do your thoughts turn to romance and affairs of the heart? Do you begin to long for the beach, bicycle path, or swingsets? Do you dive into your closets, shelves and cubes dancing through your mind as holy crusade of organization begins to coalesce in your thoughts?

What does Spring do to you? In what mind does the warming, brightening days…

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5

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3

Banished Into A Faery Tale

If you were banished from reality into a faery tale of your choice, which would it be, which character would you choose to become, and why?

Would you be Snow White, destined to be rescued by, and live happily ever after with, Prince Charming? Or would you choose someone who’s entire fate is not yet written, one of the Seven Dwarves, for example, so that you might reap the benefits of choosing your own path? There are easy, glib answers; and then there are deeper, more meaningful answers waiting within your heart and mind. Which will you choose?

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3

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3

Going Back To High School

Peggy Sue wake up. One ordinary night you rest your head upon the pillow and slip gently into the Sandman’s embrace, but he releases you back into your teenage self. Back in 16 year-old genes and snickers, your post-matriculated adult mind has the unprecedented opportunity to do-over three months of your youth–beginning with the first day of school after the summer break.

Armed with your greater experience, sagacious maturity, a mental trunk full of memories, and better nurtured inner child, how would you take on high school the second time…

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1

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3

If I were King (or Queen) of the World…

A very simple question, loaded with untold possibility. Apropos for the first question of this, the third year of the Saturday Slant. If you were suddenly elected King or Queen of the World, what would you do?