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Flirt with Failure

By Jessica Malone

Ask me whether what I have done is my life.
—Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak

The year is 2017. It’s 7:00 am and my alarm is going off. I hear it, but I’m not conscious yet. As I wake, I find myself beginning to think about work, and as I gain consciousness, I start muttering, “No, no, no.” It gets louder until I’m awake.

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