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Like life, things look different in the rare view mirror
What looks near and overwhelming could be far away
What looks big, threatening can be just a small hiccup in reality
The scene that looks idyllic in hindsight, could be a cesspool of problems
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In response to; dVerse- Quadrille- Mirror, hosted by Merrill
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“a cesspool of problems”
If someone had warned me about many of my life’s choices in those terms…I probably still wouldn’t have listened.😜
Lovely writing. We definitely see things through our own “mirrors” sometimes. At least I know I do!
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Thanks Melissa. Yes we probably would still make the same choices.
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Sure we all do …. but there’s always a lesson learnt in the choices we make along life’s journey be it good or bad choices.
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Very true.
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Yes, many lessons! I was being facetious. I don’t regret my choices. Sometimes I just need to capture negative thoughts and replace them with good ones. It helps me “see” things more clearly.🥸❤️
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I totally agree 👍… way to go
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Each of us interprets life’s rear view from a different perspective. As for me today, I will be keeping my eyes searching ahead. Driving an urban freeway makes it so.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Yes look ahead while driving, it’s very important 🙏🏼
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Interesting thoughts.💭
It encourages me to deal the problems and challenges of my life, correctly, and develop a clear understanding.
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Thanks Lokesh. I’m glad you found it helpful
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When I looked at the prompt first, two of my immediate thoughts are well captured here. Facts and right advices are versed with grace. Thanks.
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Thanks a lot JM
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speaks to how the mind chooses to perceive the view.
profound reflections, Sadje G🤍
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Thanks Destiny. It’s all in how we look at things.
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for sure…
Always a pleasure, Sadje G 🤍
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❤️❤️❤️
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It’s always either/or. (K)
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Yes that is true.
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True and beautifully said!
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Thanks Ribana.
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Always a pleasure!
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Things are reversed from front to back, so looking in a mirror gives you a different perspective.
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Yes it does. Thanks Jim.
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Love the phrase: “cesspool of problems.” Marvelous writing, my friend.
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Thanks a lot Suzette.
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Bouquets and corsages!!
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🌷🎉
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🌻🌻🌻
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A great take on the prompt, Sadje! Sometimes we do make things seem closer than they actually are in reality.
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Yes, that’s our worrying human nature. Thanks
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:>)
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Fabulous take, Sadje. So very true.
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Thanks Grace
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My pleasure 💕
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💙
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It is funny, and yet so true, how places and situations look so different from a distance, or in a different time and place. So true!
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Thanks Merril. Indeed, it’s all in the way we see things. A lovely prompt.
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Thank you and you’re welcome!
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❤️❤️❤️
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Oh yes Sadje, a review mirror can certainly tell a different tale of reality. Nice girlfriend. 🚙💖😎
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Thanks my friend 🙏🏼❤️
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You are so very welcome. My pleasure! 😊💞😍
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😍💖😍
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Bravo on this message! Well done, Sadje.
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Thanks Suzan.
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Going to be one of the most clever quadrilles this week! Loved it.
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Thank you so much Helen 😍🙏🏼
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It’s all about our perspective. I stared in the rearview mirror yesterday because as I was driving a quail ran across the road in front of me. I had to make sure I missed!
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Aww, your words brought up a cute image to my mind.
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So very true!!!!
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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You’re welcome!
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❤️❤️❤️
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so true and wise Sadje! 💞
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Much appreciated Cindy. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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It’s a pleasure! 💞
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🤗
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The wit of the title! And underpinned by the poem or reality, ah life and its worries.
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Thanks Paul 🙏🏼
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My pleasure Sadje
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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What a fabulous poem, Sadje. It’s all about perspective. Very profound!
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Thank you so much Colleen. Yes it’s all about how we look at life. And it determines the quality of our life too.
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Very true. Our perceptions are everything!
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Our perception of life is the determining factor of the quality of life we live …. spot on👌
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such a perfect take Sadje – well done 🙌
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Thank you Angela 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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So insightful my friend. The weight of what appears in the rare view mirror of life is tempered by perspective.
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Indeed my friend. Thanks
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A great metaphor and although things look different looking backwards, you do have to watch out for things coming up from behind/the past…
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Thanks! Yes we have to watch out both for incoming from the front and back
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Very true, Sadje!
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Indeed. 🙏🏼😍🙏🏼
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Still we should not look to deeply in the rearview mirror…. there is the road ahead as well.
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Too true Björn. Thanks
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I love the idea of a rare-view mirror; it gives a new perspective on everything.
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Thanks Rosemary 😍
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Well written fact…
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Thanks Vinod
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Every Seven Seconds you check mirrors. My daddy taught me.
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That’s a very wise advice
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Wise advice in your words, Sadje…and if you stare too long in the rear view mirror, you may crash into something in your forward path! 💞
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Haha! Yes one has to be careful to look ahead too.
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Absolutely true 👍
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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