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Annabelle Harding's avatar

So beautiful. Saved this for later. As I explore the privilege and paralysis of possibility in my own life.

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Josh's avatar

Thanks, Annabelle! So glad you like it ✨♥️

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Stone Wolf's avatar

Lovely

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Josh's avatar

Thank you ♥️ 🫶

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Kristina Ray's avatar

The last line is gold! 💛

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Josh's avatar

So glad you like it, Kristina ✨❤️

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JGWunderlich's avatar

That last line is perfect. Such a graceful reminder not to wait our lives away. 💚

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Josh's avatar

Thanks so much for reading 💜

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Quinlee's avatar

"The fruit grows soft while we decide

to pluck it, call it ours at last,

and still we wait, dissatisfied,

as sweetness spoils and time slips past."

This poem starts and ends so strong. One of my favorites for sure!

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Josh's avatar

You're so sweet, thank you! 💙

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Pillow Thoughts's avatar

Wow this is so good, it just flows

so perfectly

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Josh's avatar

Thank you, I'm so glad you like it! ♥️

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Hina Gondal's avatar

Hauntingly beautiful

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Josh's avatar

Thank you so much, Hina 💜 🫶

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Sphere by Simran💌's avatar

Beautiful 💕💕 Something pure !!

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Josh's avatar

Thank you ♥️

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Sphere by Simran💌's avatar

My pleasure 💕

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Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

The mistake is not the path we take,

but standing still for perfection’s sake.

Words to live by, loved reading it Josh.

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Josh's avatar

Thanks, Marwa! You are greatly appreciated ❤️🫶

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Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Loved this! Recently wrote something similar because I was lost in the ether of standing still instead of progressing forward. It takes a lot of courage to move forward and so many people forget that life is about taking chances and hoping for the best outcome.

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Josh's avatar

You're so kind, Dorie! Thank you! ❤️ 🙏

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Gary L Taylor's avatar

Great stuff. A reminder that sometimes staying still to try and wait for that perfect moment, can often lead to us missing moments which although maybe not perfect, are no less incredible and can be forever lost to this type of striving for a type of perfection which is often not attainable.

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Josh's avatar

Thanks so much, Gary. You're absolutely right about missing moments. 🤍

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imi's avatar

This piece captures something so quietly true. We spend so long trying to choose ‘right’ that we forget the cost of standing still. The fruit softens, the door closes, time moves with or without our certainty. What stayed with me most is how fear disguises itself as wisdom. Sometimes the braver act is simply to move, imperfectly, rather than wait for a moment that will never feel flawless.

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Josh's avatar

Thank you so much, Imi 💙

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imi's avatar

My pleasure! 🤍

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Josh's avatar

Thank you, Gemma 🙏♥️

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