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RE: The Selection - micro-fiction
A lovely little micro nugget right here. I love how the little girl rethinks her decision and goes with the disfigured pumpkin that has character. Your afterthoughts are on the money @jayna... it is indeed a very worrying time in our history. We seem to be slaves to our phones/devices and are blindly voting in dangerous people the world over, while we sleepwalk towards climate catastrophe.. Where are the leaders and visionaries who are not driven by greed and materialism? We need them now more than ever. I'd actually be tempted to get into politics myself, as I'm worried about the world my kids are going to inherit.
I agree on every point, @ablaze. One feels torn at times between running out and trying to do everything in one’s power to wake people from thei complacency, and throwing one’s hands up in the air. The thing that comforts me is that trends cycle through. We are not in a good place right now where kindness and harmony and sensibility prevail. But if history is any indication, it is temporary. Now, if we can avoid destroying all hope of healing our stressed environment, I hope a better mindset and a concerned populace will have their day again soon.