
25/07/2024
You have been moving much too fast, leaving parts of yourself behind.
“Listen to me, keiki,” he said. “Forget your daughter for a while. She will come in her time. Concentrate on yourself, for you have experienced upheaval and heartache, and changed your life round completely. You are retracing your mother’s life, walking in her footsteps. This takes great energy and koa. But you have been moving much too fast, leaving parts of yourself behind. In your daughter, your marriage, in this man you mentioned, Mars.” Jess winced at his name. As if in response, Duke winced, rubbed his chest, as if something small had kicked him in the ribs. “You must slow down, Jess, so that those parts of you may catch up. You must not brood, or your other selves will have no eagerness to join you. Look round, remember things you have forgotten. Names of flowers, birds. Learn new things. And when you have done that, shout out loud, ‘LOOK! I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING I NEVER KNEW BEFORE!’ Remember the delight you felt as a child? This will make your other selves want to join you. It will make you whole again.”
Excerpt From
Davenport, Kiana. “Shark Dialogues.” Scribner, 2010-03-23. Apple Books.
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