100 words

No Short Cuts, No Skipping, Keep Coming Back

Thrifty Word Challenge; 100 words; #68 — Steps

Alma Meek
The Bad Influence
Published in
1 min readMay 11, 2022

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Vintage, crystal bowl with leaded rim, half-full of casually tossed cherries against a white background with more fresh cherries scattered on the white tabletop.
Photo by Rebecca Matthews on Unsplash

I used to skip through life, eating bowls of cherries and tying the stems into knots with my whiskey-coated tongue. Those halcyon days of jumps and starts and leaps of faith went on in a figurative manner until my path was as twisted as the remnants of discarded cocktail fruits.

Dammit.

There are no shortcuts. Each step, even that one that starts the journey of a thousand steps? Yes, that one counts.

Each step. Even the dozen that some guys in Ohio promised would get you back on track? Yep. Those count.

Don’t skip. You’ll have to go back.

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