Cowards cling to fairy tales while

the courageous embrace

the soaring potential

 of a curious mind.

Memory is a chain of stories

in our heads. And yet

depending on how we’ve matured,

these remnants may be revisited and revised to

yield new and better stories. Therapy?

Sometimes we’re shocked to learn

that what we'd assumed was fact

was in fact someone else’s story.

After just a day, or a minute even,

facts formerly overlooked enable us

to shift an entire way of thinking.

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