The Great Rewrite|دوباره نویسی عالی

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“117th story”

First published: Nov.14.2019

 

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A man was sitting in his room with deep sad thoughts and a pen in his hand.

He wrote: “I’ve had a terrible year. Last year I took my gallbladder out.

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I had to stay at home for a while because I had a complicated surgery.

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I turned sixty that year and lost my job. I worked for thirty years for this publishing company and loved my job.

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I lost my father in that sad year, and it broke my heart. My son had a serious accident last year, and because of his injuries and being in the cast, he couldn’t participate in exams and lost his chance at medical school that year.

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The car turned into a piece of garbage, and we didn’t have full coverage insurance to fix it. Oh dear God, what a terrible year.”

He left his writing on his desk and went for a walk.

His wife came to the room and saw her husband’s gloomy note.

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She sat there grabbed a paper, and wrote, “I had a blessed year last year. I got rid of my painful gallbladder, I was in severe pain for years, and now I am free of that.

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I reached my sixty when I was fully healthy. Now was a great time to retire and focus on my dream, which is writing. My father passed away peacefully, and he lived a healthy life on his own, not on a deathbed.

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Last year my son miraculously came out of a horrible accident only with some broken bones, we lost a car, but my son can walk, talk, and live like before. What a blessing year it was indeed.”

She left the note for her husband and left the room.

“We should remember that it’s not only the happiness that could be a blessing. We have to be thankful for many negative things that didn’t go worse.”

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147 comments ›

  1. JOY journal
    November 14, 2019 • 9:24 am

    Beautiful, Laleh! Sometimes praise and thanksgiving really is a sacrifice — we don’t feel it at all until we make ourselves do it. Then, it flows! 🙂

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  3. Jaya
    November 14, 2019 • 10:09 am

    A great reminder for us all. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. inhiscare753
    November 14, 2019 • 10:14 am

    Love this, Laleh. What a powerful message creatively woven within the story. See the blessing beyond the challenge, hurt pain and loss.

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  5. inhiscare753
    November 14, 2019 • 10:14 am

    Thanks for reminder 🤗🙏💜

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  6. joyroses13
    November 14, 2019 • 10:16 am

    So TRUE! Beautifully written!

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  7. Olga
    November 14, 2019 • 10:23 am

    There are always two ways to look at life: with positivity in one’s heart or with dark, negative eyes. You’ve expressed this truth so well in your story, Laleh. ❤

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  10. hassanmosleh
    November 14, 2019 • 11:18 am

    Your story’s are meaningful and life lesson and in this one we learned that no matter what we always have to be optimistic like the man and his son could have been dead.

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  11. janetsm
    November 14, 2019 • 11:24 am

    Wise words, Laleh. My sister recently told me that I tend to see “the glass half empty” instead of “half full.” I had no idea I was being a negative person. I’m trying to do better.

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  16. Indira
    November 14, 2019 • 2:44 pm

    Great message conveyed, friend!

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  17. kethuprofumo
    November 14, 2019 • 3:02 pm

    Dear Laleh, as always sharp & wise! Thanks for reminding about the value of calamities in our life! There is no personality without difficulties!

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  18. Sunshiny SA, Kavitha
    November 14, 2019 • 5:48 pm

    Ah…. Perspectives.
    Im facing something like that at the moment. Thank you for the timely reminder to take note, assess and remind myself to remain grounded in spirit and attitude.

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  19. Dewin Nefol
    November 14, 2019 • 6:43 pm

    Hey Laleh, how are you?

    Some say life is a roller-coaster. When all is well with our world it is easy to feel grateful, and blessed, but not so when apparent stress, strain, misfortune and/or misadventure befalls us. At such moments it is very difficult to feel optimistic about the future and appreciative of all that have, but as your artful story suggests it only takes a slight change of one’s perspective to see that the miracle of life in all its glory doesn’t stop being remarkable, beautiful or wondrous just because skies are grey: somewhere in the world the sun will be shining and the stars glowing behind the veil.

    Enjoy the remainder of your week. Take care,

    DN

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  20. anne leueen
    November 14, 2019 • 9:05 pm

    I love this. It is all in how we see the events in our lives.

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  22. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    November 14, 2019 • 10:59 pm

    YES, his wise wife is so right. We always have a choice, how we want to look and perceive life events.

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  24. ashok
    November 15, 2019 • 2:56 am

    Beautiful and congratulations for the book

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  25. Sonrisa
    November 15, 2019 • 5:26 am

    How true this is….wonderful❤

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  26. Olivia May
    November 15, 2019 • 7:38 am

    Dark side or Bright side, it’s up to you to choose 🙂

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  27. fulvialuna1
    November 15, 2019 • 3:57 pm

    Dovremmo sempre avere il coraggio di guardare la vita sia in negativo che in positivo.
    Sicuramente impareremmo che c’è sempre una via d’uscita alle nostre inquietudini.

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  28. lampmagician
    November 16, 2019 • 7:18 am

    Reblogged this on lampmagician and commented:
    Everything will be taken in the eyes of the beholder🙏❤

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  29. Clare Pooley
    November 17, 2019 • 4:30 pm

    Absolutely wonderful story, Laleh! 🙂

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  30. vincenza63
    November 23, 2019 • 3:41 pm

    I praise the Lord for my life even if I’m sitting on my throne on wheels since 1995.
    Life is wonderful ❤

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  32. magickmermaid
    November 29, 2019 • 5:40 pm

    It’s all about how you look at things 🙂 Great story!

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  33. seekingdivineperspective
    December 2, 2019 • 10:13 pm

    Thanks for the inspiration. Next time I catch myself complaining, I’ll try to stop in my tracks and “rewrite!”

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  34. toritto
    December 3, 2019 • 7:16 pm

    Wise words indeed and words to live by. Best regards from Florida.

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  35. tubularsock
    December 5, 2019 • 8:07 pm

    Tubularsock loved your tale of different views.
    Made Tubularsock laugh aloud.

    We are each the projection of our own reality
    and yet all one.

    Thanks for stopping by Tubularsock, “. . . first hand coverage, second hand news.”

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  36. Susi Bocks
    December 5, 2019 • 10:03 pm

    May we always remember to vent as necessary but then remember what we still can hold on to which gives us joy. This was lovely, Laleh!

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  37. Equipping Site
    December 7, 2019 • 8:05 am

    Please keep up your good work. Thanks for being a friend.

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  38. Ankur Mithal
    December 10, 2019 • 11:55 pm

    Like they say, one can look at a glass as half full or half empty. The facts have not changed, only the perspective.

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  39. Jonathan Caswell
    December 27, 2019 • 8:07 pm

    SHE ALWAYS HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD! 😀

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  40. Jonathan Caswell
    December 27, 2019 • 8:08 pm

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    KEEP IT POSITIVE!

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  41. Sadje
    May 26, 2022 • 8:42 am

    Very inspiring story Laleh

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  42. Kelly MacKay
    May 26, 2022 • 9:02 am

    This was such a good reminder of rephrasing how we see things. Thanks for sharing

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  44. Len Kagami
    May 27, 2022 • 12:22 am

    Blessings in disguise! A lovely story 🙂

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  46. Cindy Georgakas
    May 28, 2022 • 6:45 pm

    a beautiful message as always Laleh! 💖

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  47. janetsm
    May 29, 2022 • 12:39 am

    Great post, Laleh! This really makes me think.

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  48. bigskybuckeye
    May 29, 2022 • 10:34 am

    Well done Laleh! Life’s circumstances often attempt to cloud over what we should really be thankful for.

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