What is life but a descent to death
punctuated by philosophies
upset by opinion
and only sllooowwwwedddddd by a stubborn child
or the DMV
or that breathless moment before
death
when you wish you’d lived
a little more
©2022 Chel Owens

What is life but a descent to death
punctuated by philosophies
upset by opinion
and only sllooowwwwedddddd by a stubborn child
or the DMV
or that breathless moment before
death
when you wish you’d lived
a little more
©2022 Chel Owens
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The DMV line made me chuckle. Nothing fast ever happens there.
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I may have been there recently, and I agree!
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Love the truth of this 😊
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Thank you. ❤️
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Chilling and so on point 💜🫢
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Thank you.
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Wow, Chel, this really is something to think about.
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I was thinking a lot…
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I am just old enough to wish I had lived a little more…
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I think it’s an every-decade thing with me, so I relate.
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That’s a beautiful reflection, Chelsea. Sadly, I’m thinking that when my time comes, I’ll wish I had lived a little more.
(I am following your blog, and have been for a long time, but am no longer receiving notifications. Such a pain. This has happened to a lot of blogs I follow. I don’t know what’s going on. I’ll do my best to visit regularly nonetheless.)
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I understand regret. I’m sure it’s a sign you’re a kindhearted, thoughtful person.
No worries on the following -I also had that happen with a few of mine. I’m not sure why WP has that error.
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You’re a kind thoughtful person, Chelsea. Thank you. 💖
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So many days, we see life is so many ways!
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Yes. 🙂
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The DMV is the place to go when you want to feel immortal. Good one Chel.
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*Your* comment is strangely poetic as well.
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Ha ha ha. Thanks, Chel.
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Great poetry!
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Thank you!
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Much as I hate poetry, I kind of like this.
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I’ll take it!
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Children and the DMV – a funny but good consideration. When I went to get my ‘new’ ID we waited for what seemed like several hours.
Children grow up too fast though – So treasure each moment, even the challenging ones 🙂
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So I’ve been told. ❤️
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💞
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Reflecting back on life usually just proves a waste of time. Look forward!
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*sigh* maybe I’ll try looking around now.
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The funniest thing about the DMV is the people who go unprepared. In California we have to get a Real ID to use as ID for flying (regular DL will no longer work), with specific requirements that are listed online. I stood in a long line behind dozens of other people and you wouldn’t believe the number of them that got to the counter and had to leave and go home to get what they needed before getting back in the long line!
Stubborn kids – not really any preparation for that, unfortunately.
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True that. I swear I had one document from Column A and the two from Column B…. but they wanted it the other way round.
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To be fair, the biggest issue seemed to be that they hadn’t paid attention to how you could pay for the DMV services – debit/credit wasn’t allowed and everyone seemed to randomly assume that it was. So no checks and no cash in hand, off they went fo scrounge one of the two. I guess we get a little too comfortable in the idea that it happens “everywhere”, but overlook the fact that there are places that fall outside of ‘everywhere’.
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That seems odd to me, yes. Even places that were holding out because of the merchant fees (say, Costco) will run cards now.
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What a wonderfully vivid and profound description of the quickness and slowness of life. Amazing, Chelsea.
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❤️ Thank you.
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❤️
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When you get closer to the end, like I am, you’ll realize that you are too close to the end to be wasting any time or energy on wishing you’d done anything different in your life, like living a little more. I hope that makes sense.
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Yes! So, what do you wish for?
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Glad you considered my answer to be my comment on your next post! That quote really says it for me.
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