Julie Ainger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“Whose on First?😉 And other ‘stereotypies’” by Julie Ainger

Who is on first?Who is first?Who goes first?Who was first?Whose on first?Whose is first?Whose goes first?Whose on first?The first shall be last and the last shall be first?Who is on last?Who’s on first?Who’s was first?Who’s goes first?Who’s is last?Who is last?Who goes last?The last shall be first and the first shall be last?I have a headache.🤕I forgot where I was.Where I left my head.Who, Who’s. Whose. Whom. Whomever?How now brown cow. Rolling in the green, greens grass.In the manure, just for a break.Fidget. Widget. Slimming. Or. Stimming....

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“Life Imitating Art—is it the Sincerest Form of Flattery?” by Julie Ainger

The Bickersons need to know. When they come face to face.” I cry and cry for mimicry?” asked Mr. Bickerson“I can read your face like a book.” replied Mrs. Bickerson.The life story unfolds, unravels, un kempt, un certain because the Bickersons simply did not understand one another. They surely knew how to bicker. And bicker they did. About the small things. About some big things. Ironically, and by grace-of-god-godily not about the biggest things.In the meantime, the bickering took its toll. And tolls it took. On his toils. On her toils. In d...

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“Fits like a glove. ” by Julie Ainger

Just. Show. Up.Half the battle is won when you just show up.The rest of the battle can be won or lost from there.It’s what you have and what you do with it. It is what you say, and how you say it. It is how you serve and serve best the interest of your fellow man. Whether you like them or not.I, for one, hope my last breathes when leaving this world flow smoothly alongside my thoughts. My good thoughts. Even when the going got tough, I never gave up. That every road block, and bump in my road, met with honesty and regard for those around me....

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“Teamwork” by Julie Ainger

The cross argues for you.Every day.Every minute.Every hour.Every new day.Every new minute.Every new hour.”Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without a fault in a warped and crooked generation.” The you will shine among them likes stars in the sky. (wk)Be a peace trainer (pf).It is safe to say we are all imperfect.It is safe to say we can all improve.It is safe to say we all come from “somewhere”The beauty is in knowing the difference, the indifference, the difference betwee...

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“The untouchable intangible of indifference.” by Julie Ainger

Who is too different?You?Me?Us?Them?Differences in life show us who we are and who can become. When temptation rears its ugly head of contempt toward another.Conquer it.We are way more similar than we like to admit.We all bomb on decision making—from time to time.Better decision making is a good place to begin.Give the gift of freedom from owning one’s own likes and dislikes. (wk) And put them in the hand of some one who cares. Really cares. His will for you is beyond believe able. Because he believes in you.It is ok to find the good in all ...

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“Wheel. Deal. Stand Alone. Lead, Follow. Get Out of the Way” by Julie Ainger

Words to live by.Actions to take.Words that lie.Go with the fake.Still. Your choice. For the time being.Trust me.It is ok to stand alone.Actually.It is good to stand alone🧑🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯As long as you can stand alone.It is not for the weak.It is not for the weary.It is not for the fearful.It is not for the unbalanced.It is not for the doubtful.It is not for the hedgers.It is not for the worriers.It is not for the joiners.It is not for the grippers.It is not for the gripers.It is not for those easily prone to stress.It is not for the scaredy cat.It ...

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“Walking into Walls in the Land of Vice Versa” by Julie Ainger

Stop the Presses!The kids are still watching.Have you watched, lately?What the kids are watching?We had better get a move on it, and fast.Before we know it, the kids are grown. And the chances to right the wrongs, just like the statute of limitations, are left in the dust, the dust bowl, with the dust mites.Lessons left untaught are lessons never learned.And.That is not fair.To the kids.They deserve better that a bug virus leading their way. Leading and leasing their futures. What with all the virus-borne stipulations, shots and the lots.Wha...

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“The piercing sound of the ringing in my ears” by Julie Ainger

It was loud. So loud.My head exploded.Life altered.Piercing.And it followed us from path to path.Chasing almost.The new journey began. But. How to move forward from the mess left behind? In the moment, there was too much repair, too much restore and renovation to be undertaken.In an instant life can return to bad paths and bad habits. And while attempting to dig out, to get out from under the muck……New surroundings can sometimes help. A new path. New journeys, new ventures, new life, new friends, new jobs, new spouses, new siblings, new hous...

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“False Teachers who Play the God Card, Practice Ableism, and Bear False Witness” by Julie Ainger

Spies Like Us (ct,bs)Like.Even,Love.Sometimes for you to watch. Us. So.Bring It On.My personal fashion wardrobe does not contain any kind of straight jacket, however you might be shopping for one real soon. That is if you continue to pretend that people matter. Most importantly, if you pretend that God matters. Play the God card. And then continue to behave in devilish ways. If you keep up your behavior. Paranoid or not. The double middle finger. (act) Right back at ya. My paranoia justified by your mounted and mounting lies.Steadiness comes...

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“The logic pretzel: hamstringing, knee capping and rough houghing.” by Julie Ainger

Step One: Lay your cards on the table.Step Two: Convincing conviction is a process.Step Three: No hedge.Step Four: No pledge.Messages can jam. Up or down. Lay your cards on the table immediately helps credibility. There are far too many ways to stop a situation, a circumstance, a deal dead in its tracks.Stamina notwithstanding.Convincing another person to think as you may think takes a special kind of skill. More importantly, so does telling the truth. No hedge results in steadfast conviction. And convincing conviction in and of itself is th...

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“The Ugliness of Villainy, Anomie, Turpitudy and the Sisters who were” by Julie Ainger

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead.The Wicked Witch is finally dead.Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is dead.Wake up, you sleepy headRub your eyes, get out of bedWake up the Wicked Witch is deadShe’s gone where the goblins goBelow, below, below, yo hoLet’s open up and sing and ring the bells outDing Ding ‘the merry-ohSing it high, sing it lowLet them know the Wicked Witch is dead! (mm)How?The house fell on her.Now.What.Her legacy lives on in the sisters, Villainy, Anomie, and Turpitudy. They will stop at nothing in order to get what they want, get what t...

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“Life seen through the eyes of fear ” by Julie Ainger

We become warped and wrapped up in the narrative. Even tangled too. Our own narrative. Of another’s narrative. The truth as we see it as informs our every waking breath. Our every action, reaction becomes the breath we draw on to make it through another day.To figure it out. The flips in our stomachs endlessly and exhaustingly asking our heart to please figure it out. Ignoring what we see in others and what others see in us. Desperate. So desperate for inner peace of mind we embark on a potentially fatal journey to prove we are right and eve...

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“Both. Didn’t know it at the time. Still feel the same way now.” by Julie Ainger

There we sat, looking at one another, wondering what the heck just happened. Trying to process it and at the same time smelling the stink that it was. Unable or unwilling to sputter out the baloney that was occurring and at the same time fear and a bit of dread. The thinking, is this what it is? Do we have to go along with the program……It is what it is?Well. That may be true. It is what it is. But in that moment, together we unwittingly and unknowingly decided to change it. Together.We had no plan.We had no diagram.We had no notes.We had no ...

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“Clashing Faiths” by Julie Ainger

We do faith a disservice in laying at its doorstep the fundamental causes of faction. (wb). Faith contributes to the form and the content of the ideals that guide the aspirations we harbor for our own lives, and it affects the way we regard and behave with respect to others. (wb)If you are insecure in your faith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s invitation to enlighten yourself and take a walk may help. You. Do you feel not yet ready, not focused enough to come to self discretion and self choice?A child looks to the adults in the room for guidance-...

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“Batchmate, Benchmate, Check mate, True Freshman, New Maths and the Double Standard(s)” by Julie Ainger

My Favorite Teacher.He was not much for chess. My favorite teacher was a touch better at checkers. Even better than checkers, my teacher had an incredible, almost other worldly knack for ensuring my life was special to him, in his eyes.It has been said that our first teachers are our parents. And then all of the sudden,Life happens.Along the way, we pick things up. Behaviors. Good ones. Bad ones. Things that work. Things that don’t work. A pawn here, a space there. A pawn which has no friendly pawns in adjacent files is an isolated pawn. The...

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