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Wednesday, 13 October 2021

The Healing Prescription

*Gentle voice* Feel comfortable and be relaxed.

We are taking a shuttle to your past.

What can you see? 

I am visiting a fair with my parents. 

I can see a merry-go-round.  

I request my parents- Please allow me to take a ride.

Photo Prompt- Brenda Cox

Then?

My parents don't agree. I am crying. 

Do you ever remember enjoying a merry-go-round ride? 

*Shuttle speeds up and travels through the memories of several years.* 

No, never in this life. 

*Shuttle stops.*

We have completed your therapy session.

You can slowly open your eyes.

The healing prescription for you is a ride on the merry-go-round!

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100 words story for the Friday Fictioneers.

Do you think this is a good therapy? Should we revisit the past and do what we had once craved to do?

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15 comments:

  1. Neil MacDonald14 October 2021 at 00:34

    What a lovely prescription

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  2. SG14 October 2021 at 01:36

    Nice Prescription.

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  3. iamthewalrus14 October 2021 at 03:21

    Sometimes all someone needs is a nice simple enjoyable pleasure to recuperate

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  4. Lorraine14 October 2021 at 06:04

    A second shot at what me missed. Would we do it? How would we be changed. Something simple like a ride on a merry-go round might create a profoundly different that one without the rdie. Or would it?
    You propose a lot of intreguing questions -- which prompt even more from me.

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  5. Lorraine14 October 2021 at 06:06

    Ooops, the spell checker on my internet isn't working, and I miss typos: changed? create a profoundly different life than one without the ride. At the end of the comment: ;) (winking smilie face icon)

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  6. Mason Bushell14 October 2021 at 16:28

    A great take on the prompt, well done.

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  7. Keith's Ramblings14 October 2021 at 16:56

    A lot nicer than the presciption I got from my doctor! A delightfully different take.

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  8. Bill14 October 2021 at 17:20

    Well done. Great prescription.

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  9. Gah Learner14 October 2021 at 18:26

    That's great therapy, I'd do that again, and again, just to be sure. ;)

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  10. Linda14 October 2021 at 19:12

    Hmmmmm. Not sure, maybe. Underlying issue was her parents' arguing, leading me to suspect that not all was well in that home. Maybe a carousel ride will help her put the past in the past. Worth a try :)

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  11. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields15 October 2021 at 17:50

    Dear Anita,

    A merry-go-round ride might be just the ticket.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  12. JadeLi16 October 2021 at 02:13

    I'm not sure it will work, but I don't think it will hurt. Worth a try!

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  13. Penny Gadd16 October 2021 at 02:33

    Fascinating fantasy fiction, Anita. Perhaps riding the carousel will enable the patient to put the disappointment in perspective, and then discover that many other things also take their true significance.

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  14. Sandra Crook17 October 2021 at 16:50

    Sounds hopeful.

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  15. A.B20 October 2021 at 00:56

    Interesting prescription. Hope it helps in some way.

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