Daily Prompt: Use it or lose it
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“I thought we’d never come back from that one.”
“What one?”
“You know, what just happened!”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You were there! You saw it! Experienced it! Didn’t it have any impact on you at all?”
“Honestly, you make such mountains out of mole hills. If I had a clue what you were talking about this might make sense. But you’re always blowing things out of proportion. Making something out of nothing. I just don’t get what you’re on about. It was nothing.”
“It wasn’t nothing! It was definitely something! I felt it in my bones ~ a deep, burning agony of …”
“Of what? You’re fixated on something which, in the grand scheme of things, means nothing at all. Earth calling Charlie … let it go!”
“What are you? Have you no sense? No feeling?”
“Yes, I have feelings. I just don’t squander them on things beyond my control. Evidently you and I function differently. Tom-a-to v tom-aw-to ~ that sort of thing. We obviously look at the world through two completely separate filters and what looks like an incredible feat of escape to you is, well, of little import to me. Neither of us is wrong ~ we’re just different; respond differently based on our individual life experiences and programming.”
“But I don’t understand how you can be so cold.”
“Please, don’t judge me. I am not cold. Things, experiences, people don’t move me the same way they move you. Just as you are not fond of many of the things I adore. It just is what it is, and as long as no one gets hurt, what difference does it make? … I understand how this incident might have had an impact on you. I am familiar with your past and how your responses have been programmed, but that does not mean I feel the same way about them. I’m programmed differently, that’s all. Other things move me to the point of exhilaration. That’s all.”
“But I really feel like we barely made it out of there!”
“Okay… time for a cup of tea.”
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I love a good free writing exercise.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
©Dorothy Chiotti … Aimwell CreativeWorks 2015
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 
Two people who agree to disagree. The great mystery, was it a thunderstorm, a theme park ride, rush hour on the interstate, Christmas Shopping. For me it would have been a trip to Wal-Mart. Very well done. 🙂
Oh wow! You and me both!!’ We are so on the same wave length. I grin and bear my quarterly trips to the big W to get Bear his three month supply of aloe vera juice. Ugh … 😳 … So glad you enjoyed this piece. I really enjoy writing dialogue. Be well … D 😊