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True Blue Joy

True Blue Joy

Thriving in blue. Being red, too...

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Silhouette of a kayaker paddling into an orangish-red horizon at dusk.  The v-shaped pattern of the red clouds and light blue sky is reflected in the calm water right at the point of the V where the kayaker is paddling. The black hills on the left side of the river bank are also reflected in the water.
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True Blue Joy

Trying to be 

something you are not

is the recipe

Guaranteed

to set a soul to rot

The only path that is right for you

is doing the thing you cannot

Not 

do 

When you find 

yourself in self-doubt’s stew

the course you

take

must align with 

the self

that is true.

It may have been 

growing up

you were told a

blackened heart 

pumped in you

But t…

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