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Cindy Eastman's avatar

I’m glad you didn’t blow off writing this one. There are some good words right here. Thank you. ♥️

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

Thanks for reading, Cindy!

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Michael Mohr's avatar

🔥🔥🫰

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Polly's avatar

Thank you for the sustaining word food. Hoping you are feeling better very soon; the priority. I am off to go see what to blow off possibly, more often.

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

Thanks, Polly! I like the phrase "word food."

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Corey Smith's avatar

I, too, am happy you didn't blow off this newsletter.

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

Thanks, Corey!

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Jean Morris's avatar

Blowing off the shoulds always gives me a certain “frisson” of guilt and transgression.

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

"Frisson" is the perfect word for it. It's a dare.

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Ken Guidroz's avatar

Maybe your best line of the year: "We are incarcerated in our shoulds,.." So so good. And as always, you stimulate thinking and get us to see things differently. Always worth the read.

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

Thanks so much, Ken! I always appreciate your encouraging comments.

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Michael Mohr's avatar

‘Incarcerated by our shoulds.’ Yes!!! Nailed it. We ‘should’ all over ourselves. There’s a real nastiness to the Attention Economy. Letting go is often the most beautiful release. Surrender, as you said.

Michael Mohr

‘Sincere American Writing’

https://michaelmohr.substack.com/

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

Thanks, Michael. I love your take: "We ‘should’ all over ourselves."

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Michael Mohr's avatar

❤️❤️🔥

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