dailyprompt
Posts inspired by WordPress’s daily prompt—a fresh take written in Eleanor Grace’s voice, with grit, grace, and a wink.
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Life More Abundantly
What’s a moment in your life that made you feel truly alive? You ask for a single moment, as if life can be neatly packaged into a box. What a tragic way to view existence! Life is not a collection… Continue reading
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After the Third Rub
The genie grants you a wish. What is it? A genie offered me one wish. I told him, “No, thank you.” He looked confused. “Surely there’s something you want.” “Of course there is. There’s always something we want. That doesn’t… Continue reading
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Moonlighting: Terms and Conditions Apply
What are your favorite side-hustle ideas? View all responses I’ve been walking around with a portfolio of after-hours enterprises, ranked according to preference. Like all of us. I have the main job. Apparently, one job is no longer enough. So,… Continue reading
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Working Out What Really Matters
What are five simple exercises to do at home? Stretch — your thinking, your comfort zone, your imagination. Lift — someone’s spirit, someone’s burden, your own expectations. Pull — yourself away from the noise, the negativity, the unnecessary. Breathe —… Continue reading
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The Stranger in the Water
Which relationship has taught you the most about yourself? The reflection of water only tells the truth when it is still. Noise distorts the reflection, movement unsettles it, and throw a stone into the water and the whole picture fractures.… Continue reading
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Don’t Play With Your Food
What are your best healthy eating habits? Mom always said, “Don’t play with your food.” Since I can remember, I haven’t stopped having fun with it. I’ve planted it.Watched it grow.Pulled it out of the dirt. Cooked it.Baked it.And occasionally… Continue reading
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Established in 1985
What are some life hacks that you practice? I grew up watching MacGyver. Now that man hacked things. Give him a paper clip, a stick of gum, and seven minutes, and somebody was getting rescued. He escaped from locked buildings… Continue reading
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When Forgiveness Hugs Karma
Do you believe in karma? Karma keeps score.Forgiveness puts down the pencil. Karma waits for what is deserved.Forgiveness stops waiting. Forgiveness has other plans. It walks into the placeswhere anger has gotten comfortableand starts opening windows. Karma locks the past… Continue reading
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The Menu Ate the Cook
How do you write what people actually want to read? Elena had always wanted to open a restaurant, one where she could cook the food she loved. She made the announcement. Almost instantly, the opinions arrived. “You need vegan options,… Continue reading
