“So you’re telling me this is just a phase?”
“Oh, it’s a phase. It’s totally a phase.”
“But it feels so real… this whole being human thing. And I haven’t accomplished anything. It’s embarrassing, really. Heartbreaking.”
“Oh, god, you really believe that matters! Hold on, I have to wipe my eyes.
“So not to be insensitive, but how long do you really think you have on earth? At the outside, say 90 years or thereabouts? Would you even want to be around longer? Never mind, not relevant. Bottom line, you are literally the twitch of a blink of a cosmic eye. There’s only one reason you’re here and everything else is filler. You can judge that filler as good or bad. Accomplished or tragic. But Life isn’t judging you and there is no prize for Best Human.”
“You make sense, but you’re a rooster so really, I’m probably just talking to myself.”
“If that makes you feel better. I am a rooster, true. But wise as the stars, my friend. Wise as the… But hey, you believe in concepts that make no sense anyway. Am I just a rooster? Appearances can be deceiving.”
“I’m so lost… Wait. What’s the one thing I’m here for then? Was that rooster speak or do you really know?”
“Being lost is fantastic. It just means your stories have less glue. And the one thing? Remember City Slickers?”
“The movie? Where Curly holds up a finger?!”
“That’s where I was going except… and here’s a hint… the one thing has nothing to do with accomplishment. NOTHING to do with it.”
“So find my one thing…”
“Except that it’s not a thing, right? It’s more a state, a north star. Makes sense? Just don’t compare your one thing to someone else’s.”
“Because I rock, I talk to roosters, and my one thing is more than enough. That about it?”
“If my beak was flexible you’d see me smile… but allow me to just say, hell yeah. You totally got this.”
Daily prompt Phase
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The Little Writer That Could 