“Have you given any more thought to joining Grams and me at the tent meeting this week? It’d mean so much to her.”
“ Ma, you know how I feel about revivals. All the threats of hellfire and damnation are just too much. It’s too confusing. Faith is very straightforward and simple.”
“That fancy, schmancy community college of yours is putting all sorts of heathen thoughts into your head.”
“I think I’m old enough to make my own decisions about my beliefs, and what’s best for me.”
“So, Miss Know-It-All what religion have you picked? Buddhism, Hinduism? What?”
“Perfectionism.”
The 100 Word Challenge, a writing prompt created by Velvet Verbosity, takes a single theme to tell a story in only 100 words ~ no more, no less. This week’s theme is ‘Perfectionism.’
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I like It, especially the fancy schmancy community college. As for perfectionism, well, as hard as I try to move to a new religion, I’m still there!
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Tried that religion and am still trying to recover from it. lol
Just dropping by to return the favor of a visit. Thank you for stopping by Hiccups In Time!
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I had to snicker at this one…. hits awfully close to home, and yet so very off base, too! Loved it – thank you!
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Excellent! Trying to shake myself free of that particular cult.
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Oh, this is outstanding! So many of us belong to that denomination and don’t even realize it.
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never thought of it as a church…though really it could be. Interesting perspective.
visiting from 100 words
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Like Melisa I must confess to being a perfectionist as well… in some things anyway. I’m slowly turning away from that ‘church’, though. which is definitely good!!
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Nice take on the prompt. i guess the guy in my story could be considered a religious fanatic, eh?
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do perfectionists handle snakes?
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I subscribe to that religion too. 🙂
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