“i’ve about decided that’s the main thing
that separates happy people from the other people:
the feeling that you’re a practical item,
with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.”
― barbara kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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early fall field in ann arbor, michgian, usa
I have my glasses on.... 
I’ve been told that I’m like a pair of slippers
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there you go –
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Hopefully I’m the warm sweater rather than the hard, cold socket wrench!!
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me too – i wonder which useful item i would be?
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😀😀
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” the only right we have is the right to be useful”…motto from a group I joined long ago.
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Wonderful
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Yikes, I love Barbara Kingsolver’s writing. She is the KING (queen) of SOLVING the mysteries of our world. And yes, usefulness is imperative to feeling happy.
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Well said)
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xo
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Good thought.
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))
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interesting thinking I wonder which piece of clothing I would be? I hope I would be a nice sweater or a pair of flip flops. ❤ ❤
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I might be a worn blanket
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never thought of that
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True that
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Great wisdom and view, Beth.
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It makes sense to me –
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I like practical.
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Me too
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Amen
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))
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Hmmmm… interesting. I would want to be that one item from childhood that a person keeps into adulthood, a comfort, like the threads of blanket that my daughter still sleeps with.
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Awww
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I take it that is you in the photo. Although I picture you as something a little more entertaining.
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I hope that I am)
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Very interesting!
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it is an interesting thing to consider –
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There is a lot of truth in those words!
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Words are useful
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Still looks like a pretty decent chair.
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and in a great place to take a break –
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