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Five Minute Friday

It has been a long time since I've participated in a blog link up.  Much time has also elapsed since a blog post was written from a writing prompt. I feel a bit rusty, but prompts are a wonderful tool to inspire and give renewed life to writing! 

Five Minute Friday is a writing prompt link-up, where we free write for five minutes flat on a single word writing prompt. Today's word is YOUR.

YOUR is one of my favorite words!  It immediately brings to mind ME, because our natural tendencies usually involve thoughts of self first. We wonder "how will this affect me, how will this revolve around my plans, place, people. Comparison may be made by using the standard of ME - perception is based on my experiences, my likes or dislikes. If left unchecked, the idea that the whole world revolves around me can affect every area of our life.  

But YOUR - requires a mind and heart shift. From me to you. Placing my thoughts and focus aside, looking at you and considering what your feelings, ideas, perspective and actions may be. This gives value to another person. It opens up a deeper opportunity to know someone greater and to step in to their situation and walk a bit beside them in the journey of life. 

During this transfer of focus from Me to You - there may be some differences in our thoughts, opinions or preferences. Embracing the concept of YOUR doesn't automatically align myself to become someone else. It does bring a new consideration and depth to communication and understanding another. It opens doors to the heart.  As I step in the realm of YOUR - sometimes we may have to agree that after exploring thoughts and opinions, we disagree or cannot come to a middle ground. Let's chalk it up that we agree to disagree gracefully and are both enriched by the experience of stepping into the concept of YOUR. 





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  1. Abigail GronwaySeptember 25, 2020 at 2:11 PM

    Wow! What a great reflection on YOUR, shifting the focus from "me" to "you." It's almost a foreign concept today. Thank you for the challenge and the motivation to take an outward look and consider others ahead of myself.

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  2. Great-Granny GrandmaSeptember 26, 2020 at 10:37 PM

    You picked a difficult prompt to jump in with. Love your reflection on it.

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  3. More Fruit Less NutsSeptember 27, 2020 at 1:11 PM

    Your- opens doors to our hearts. I will take that into week. God bless. Visiting from fmf #27 God bless x

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