Apparentlyā¦
A sloth can hold its breath underwater for up to 40 minutes.
A dolphin?
Around 10 minutes.
Which meansā¦
A sloth would probably beat me in a swimming contest.
I donāt know how I feel about that.
Until next time,
āDestiny
P.S. Whatās the most unnecessary fact living rent-free in your head?
Random thought I had in the showerā¦
Conditioner.
How many people only put it on their roots?
How many people only put it on the ends?
How many people put it in and rinse it right back out?
Andā¦
How many people actually leave it in for the recommended 2ā3 minutes?
I have so many questions.
Thatās it.
Thatās the whole thought.
Until next time,
āDestiny
P.S. Be honestā¦ whatās your conditioner routine?
I am completely at peace as darkness wraps me in her sweet embrace.
Iām not scared.
Iām not worried.
I have no apprehension for whatās to come.
I welcome her like an old friend.
We sit together.
We talk.
We dream about all the could bes and what ifs.
She listens without interruption.
She understands without explanation.
With her, I can be completely honest about who I am.
There are no expectations.
No judgments.
Only acceptance.
āJust breathe,ā she whispers each night as she wraps her arms around me, and for a little while, the rest of the world disappears.
Together, we become one.
Every night, without fail, she finds her way back to me.
And every night, we begin another adventure.
Then morning comes.
āBe at peace,ā she reminds me as daylight slowly loosens her grip.
She never leaves with sadness.
Only with the quiet promise that sheāll return.
And she always does.
Until next timeā¦
Darkness, my old friend.
Iāll be missing you.
ā Destiny
P.S. If this poem spoke to you, Iād love to know what it means to you. I think poetry is at its best when every reader finds something different between the lines. š¤
Some people will look at this photo and see a little boy playing with a hat thatās much too big for him.
I see something else.
For as long as I can remember, Iāve had this silly habit of balancing random things on my head and dramatically āsneezingā them off just to make him laugh.
The other day, he crawled up beside me, grabbed my hat, pulled it over his face, and started trying to āsneezeā it off himself.
Nobody taught him to do that.
He was watching.
Itās funny how children are paying attention long before we realize they are. They notice our words, our habits, our routines, and even the little things we do without thinking.
Sometimes, they love us by becoming a little bit like us.
That realization stopped me in my tracks.
This picture isnāt just of my nephew wearing a hat thatās too big for him.
Itās a reminder that someone I love is learning from me every single day.
And if Iām being honestā¦
That melts my whole heart.
I wouldnāt picture my life being any better without him.
Until next time,
-Destiny
P.S.-Whatās something youāve caught a child doing that made you stop and think, āYepā¦ they definitely got that from me.ā š
If you could erase one trend from history, what would it be?
If I could erase one trend from history, it would be racism.
I know itās not the kind of ātrendā people usually think of, but itās a pattern that humanity has repeated for far too long.
History is full of moments where people decided that someone elseās skin color, ethnicity, or background made them worth less. Entire generations have grown up carrying the weight of hatred they never deserved.
Imagine how different the world might look if we had spent all that energy learning from one another instead of fearing one another.
Thatās one trend Iād erase without a second thought.
Until next time,
āDestiny
P.S. ā If you could erase one pattern from history, what would it be?
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