Use this prompt as an entry point into our July contest theme: Holding the Paradox
📝 WEEKLY PROMPT
We often imagine these emotions as opposites—as though one must fade before the other can arrive. For this week’s prompt, stay present with this paradox: the thing that breaks your heart can also the thing you’re most grateful ever existed.
Resist tidy endings, and let yourself be surprised.
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