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$100 Challenge of the Month XXI
You were cryogenically frozen in 1952 as a sacrifice for science. You are awakened summer of 2019, in the preserved state you were in, age 35. You’re walking down a busy city street for your first time. Write a story about your take on humanity. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
artknows
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1952

Huh. That’s weird that white couple didn’t call me a nigger. No ones calling me a nigger...they’re...smiling at me? They all seem so happy. I want some of that too. Sir! Excuse me. Where do you get your happiness from? Well my family of course. I just don’t know what I would do without them. A family....Yes! That’s exactly what I shall do. I shall start a family. Excuse me miss? Do you want to start a family? Get away from me creep. Ah I must re-strategize. Let me go ask someone else. Excuse me ma’am? Where does your happiness derive from? Well I’d have to say from my amazing boyfriend. Interesting...excuse me sir. Will you be my boyfriend? Man, get some help. Some help...interesting...excuse me miss will you help me get a boyfriend. Sure! Here, where’s your phone? Phone? A phone, like this one. Here, you would download this app called Tinder. Set your preferences to men, and then start swiping. I see...thank you miss! So I have to get a phone first...but I want happiness now! Let me ask someone else. Sir! Where does your happiness come from? No where. What do you mean? I don’t experience happiness. Wow. Then join me! I’m on a mission to find happiness. Ok. Let’s go ask this person. Excuse me miss, we can’t find happiness and were hoping you could help us find it. Happiness isn’t found. It’s felt. Feel within friends. Felt within eh...like near my pancreas. Stop searching friends. It’s already here. This lady is talking nonsense man. I’m out. Wait! Don’t leave yet. Let’s hear her out. What do you mean felt within. I mean stop searching. Stop looking outward. Literally stay here for five minutes and just feel. Activate your senses. Hear the hustle and bustle of cars and people moving. Smell the hot dog vendors just around the corner. See people with entire life stories pass you by. Look at the color of the sky. Look at the birds going by. Feel life friends. Feel life. Ok...feel life...but how? Stop thinking so much. Turn your mind off. But HOW? Friend. Breath with me. Feel the air flowing in. Feel your lungs feeling up. Now breath out. Feel the air flowing out. How do you feel now? Eh..about the same. Ok close your eyes. Trust me. Now just breath and get lost in the now. I’ll tell you when to open your eyes. Feel the air flowing in. Feel the air flowing out. Feel the air flowing in. Feel the air flowing out. Now just be...and enjoy being. Open your eyes. How do you feel? Wow. I think I felt something. You both enjoy your day. Hey man did you feel that. A little I guess. I really think she was on to something. Let’s see if other people have tried that. Excuse me sir! Yes? Have you ever tried breathing? Is this some kind of joke? No sir! Try it for yourself. Breath with us. Take a deep breath in. Take a deep breath out. Take a deep breath in. Take a deep breath out. Wow. That wasn’t bad. See! Join us friend! What do you mean. Well we were originally searching for happiness, but we think we found it. Uh...ok. Great! Excuse me ma’am. Have you ever tried breathing? Uh..sorry I have somewhere to be. I CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE ONE DEEP BREATH RIGHT NOW! Wow. See?!? That was kind of amazing. Would you like to join us ma’am? What are you doing? We’re healing the Earth.

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