Delete the narrative
that tells you you must shrink yourself for other people,
making yourself a fraction
so they can feel whole
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Getting Serious About Comedy (Part I)
If I were asked to remark on my life and the childhood that paved some road leading me to this point, I would have to say something about all the funny people who surrounded me for the last 26,872 days (and counting). Somewhere along that road, I became a big fan of laughter and the comedy that spawns it – and, I mean not only my own laughter, but the laughter of others, some of which I have actually been responsible for inducing.
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Beautiful
Omg Great work
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Such a powerful line—sharp, true, and needed. Thank you for reminding us we don’t have to dim our light for others to shine. ✨⌨️
Awesome how to!!! Congratulations on Top Story!!!
Splendid and whip smart. Great work.
Short, simple, sharply and unflinchingly to the point. Damn, this is just a good, solid poem! Well deserving of a top story. Don't mind the spam comments; this is an amazing poem!
How can you published it, i can't get it ?
Oh I hear this loud and clear. There is no point shrinking ourselves, because how can we ever be whole, when others eat at our table and we take nothing but the scraps. We aren’t doing ourselves any good… we all deserve to be seen and appreciated. So yes, I will delete this shrinking narrative. Congratulations on your Top Story 🎊🎊🎊
Congratulating on your top story...
Powerful! I 💜 it!
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Short and sweet, a great poem! Congratulations!!
Sage counsel. Hitting control-alt-delete gets you to a menu where you can see all the programs you have running so you can decide which ones to shut down that you might become whole again.
Solid advice, well penned.
Exactly , be yourself , don't shrink to make others feel better about themselves, although I think it is good to build others up, excellent work
As a tech geek, I love the title. But, I love the poem as well. It may be short, but these are words we should all live by.