The latest prompt from the Carrot Ranch….
June 21, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about “not all is lost.” It can include recovery from disaster, an unexpected insight after a fall, or however the phrase moves you. Go where the prompt leads.
Lost And Found. An Argument For Caring.
‘You’ve lost me, Morgan.’
‘I’m just saying it’s easy to be liberal if you don’t have to deal with all the crap.’
‘So helping people, caring for others you don’t know, that only counts if, what, you suffer equally?’
‘I’m saying you can’t really understand if you don’t experience something. Otherwise it’s make believe.’
‘When you broke your leg, my sympathy didn’t count?’
‘I…’
‘Helping your sister after her husband left didn’t count because I’ve never been abandoned…’
‘The schmuck… no, that’s different. I think. Give me a minute… I might have got this wrong…’
‘Not all is lost.’
Hmmm… Making me think too!
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Ah now that’s the aim… I think
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Not all has to be lost to know how it feels and how best to respond!
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Sometimes being found makes up twice over for being lost
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So true!
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Good one, Geoff. We don’t have to experience every tragedy to understand how it might feel.
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Arrrrrrrrrrgh 😱
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Food for thought, Geoff. Great response.
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I try and dig into the prompt.
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