Tuesday Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – Paths

~ John W. Howell

Today, I opened My GRL randomly to page 85 and pointed to the page with my eyes closed. The word closest to my finger was ‘paths,’ which is the prompt.

Paths by John W. Howell © 2024

“Why are we walking this way.”

“It is what they call the path of least resistance.”

“You said that about the other one, too.”

“Okay, then make it the paths of least resistance.”

“It seems difficult.”

“Think of trying to climb up this hill without this path.”

“yeah, that would be tough.”

“You would be clawing your way to the top and fighting gravity.”

“Sounds awful.”

“You might even slip and fall.”

“That would be painful.”

“So you see, this way is easier, even though it is challenging.”

“I see that now. Thanks for showing me the way.”

“My pleasure.”

“I do have a couple of questions, though.”

“Okay, shoot.”

“Why are we walking up to the top of this hill?”

“So we can look over the valley.”

“Why do we need to look over the valley?”

“Do you ever get hungry?”

“Yes. In fact, I could use something to eat right now.”

“Exactly. We must look over the valley to see if some food is available.”

“And we are walking instead of flying?”

“Yes. I read somewhere that walking is good exercise.”

“What about flying? It’s good exercise.”

“For the wings, yes. Not got the legs.”

“I miss riding the thermals and looking to see if some hapless creature is lying dead on the road.”

“You’ll be able to do that too. Today, we are hiking.”

“I just hope none of the other vultures see us.”

“Why’s that?”

“We will be the laughingstock of the flock.”

“Oh yeah? How about I remind them of when they circled that rug thinking it was a sheep.”

“They never lived that down.”

“Right. Keep walking.”

“I feel better.”

“Good. Maybe there is a skunk in it for us today.”

 

68 thoughts on “Tuesday Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – Paths”

  9. This invokes some very interesting visuals and I laughed out loud. There’s a lesson here. I think it’s about sheep and rugs. Have a wonderful day John. Hiking is fun. 😊

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  11. ‘they circled that rug thinking it was a sheep’ We’ll see some bird of prey circling in the sky. I always wonder what they see from up there. My guess would not have been a rug…😀 Hilarious conversation.

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  12. Had me again, John. Wonderful imagination. I once saw a poster of a vulture sitting high on a branch overlooking dieing life in the desert below and the caption read, ‘patience, my a.., I wanna kill something’.

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