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Daily Prompt Love <3 The Best Revenge

19 June 2019 

When I was twelve or thirteen, a friend’s father, a somewhat pompous college professor, the kind who insisted on being addressed as Doctor…. told me I would never amount to anything. 

As I say my gratitude prayers for today, I include him, that adult who was obviously so damaged or insecure that he felt compelled to strike out at a child. I took what he said as a challenge, a dare, a call to my Aries spirit to not only succeed, but to also surpass not only his poor expectations, but the much greater ones I already had for myself then. 

Make art about success being the best revenge.

best revenge

Image by Jonny Lindner from Pixabay

 

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2019 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, fiction, freedom, Gratitude, healing, Love, nonfiction, One Love, peace, poetry, prompts, resistance, Writing, Writing Prompts

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Defying Expectation

20 March 2019 

“Go back
to the window. Note the crocus
defying expectations”–Joy Ladin

Make art about defying expectation, or about the crocus. 

crocus

 

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2019 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, fiction, Gratitude, healing, Love, Nature, nonfiction, One Love, poetry, prompts, Writing, Writing Prompts

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up <3 7 New Prompts!

2 October 2017

Make art about the fear behind hate.

fear behind hate

3 October 2017

Make art about the soundtrack of your life.

tom petty

4 October 2017

Make art about losing your grasp.

losing grasp

5 October 2017

Make art about being let down.

disappoitnment

6 October 2017

Make art about what’s out of place.

out of place

7 October 20017

Make art about coming together.

come together

8 October 2017

Make art about remembering what you need.

what you need

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2017 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, fiction, freedom, Gratitude, Love, nonfiction, One Love, poetry, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Daily Prompt Love <3 You Have a Right To

11 April 2017

One of the greatest gifts I’ve received in this life was a single statement. A wise and caring man said to me, “You know, you have a right to peace of mind.”

The simplicity of what he said stunned me in that moment. It also revealed to me how I, for too many reasons to list, more often than not, stood in my own way toward achieving that peace.

Had a wonderful and heartbreaking conversation with my students last night about just this thing, about what keeps them from ‘peace of mind.’  Worries and expectations, the fears they hold for the future, their own and the future of our planet.  We talked about articulating these barriers, and about releasing them. 

Make art about peace of mind. 

peace of mind

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2017 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, fiction, freedom, Gratitude, Love, nonfiction, One Love, poetry, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Sometimes You Let the Prompt Go

Daily Prompt
 
Letting em go 🙂
 
Make art about releasing expectations.
 
expectation

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Gratitude, Writing Prompts

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