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are essayists born or bred?

this one was born with a pen. let's watch time, breed.

in "i can be anything i want to be, but i cannot

be everything i want to be" you have coalesced the noble goal of apotheosis with a humbling cognizance of mortality.

perfect work & thank you for the honour. may YHWH bless.

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your words flatter me, emmanuel

and without your suggestions, this essay will be just another one abandoned in the draft.

thank you, again.

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Another beautiful piece.

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thank you for the kind words, gabriel

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Yet again, you didn't disappoint

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i’m glad i didn’t …

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I'm reading this, and I'm smiling – because quite frankly, I am fascinated by this writing.

Then spattered across the essay are aphorisms which are so real. "A victory is useless unless it reflects your deepest wishes" got me thinking the most.

Keep writing, compadre.

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I’ve been thinking about this for days with no idea how to respond to it.

I still don’t have the words for it — brain fart moment. But thank you. Which seems to be insufficient but for now we have no choice but to deal with the imprecision of words.

So, thank you for your kind words

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