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30 Days of Heroes: Day 2 The Gossip Hero

October 18, 2020 by Joe Gray in 30 Days of Heroes, Fiction, Western, Short Stories

Annie's blond hair flailed all around her face as she struggled to hold her new blue dress against the strong wind as she walked down the dusty main road toward the shop with the wooden sign with a lady's shoe on it. She came to the town of Battle Mountain by train a few days ago but this was the first time she was able to come back to it from her uncle Pete's ranch. She had stepped off the train and immediately noticed the shop with the woman's shoe on it and she knew she would have to come back to see it. She only had a few minutes to greet her cousins and uncle before they would have to head back to the ranch. "Can't be away too long, there's work to get done," Uncle Pete said with a smile while he stacked Annie's luggage with the supplies, tools, and dried goods he had purchased earlier that day.

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October 18, 2020 /Joe Gray
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30 Days of Heroes, Fiction, Western, Short Stories

Fuck Ego.

September 28, 2020 by Joe Gray in Balance, Lifestyle, Personal Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts

Ego is when you put the mask on that you create that you think makes you look like the person you wish you were. It's you confusing yourself for an illusion. Ego is pretending you don't make mistakes. Ego is thinking that you did it the best you could when you could have done more.

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September 28, 2020 /Joe Gray
balance, blog, blogger, deception, ego, egotism, facade, fuck ego, lies, life, masks, self, self deception, self esteem, self improvement, thoughts, wisdom
Balance, Lifestyle, Personal Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts

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