Sometimes that's just the way it has to be.

Sure, there were probably other

options, but he didn't let them enter his mind. It was done and that was that. It
was just the way it had to be.

1.He had three simple rules by which he lived. The first was to never eat blue
food. There was nothing in nature that was edible that was blue. People often
asked about blueberries, but everyone knows those are actually purple. He
understood it was one of the stranger rules to live by, but it had served him well
thus far in the 50+ years of his life.

2.There wasn't a whole lot more that could be done. It had become a wait-and-
see situation with the final results no longer in her control. That didn't stop her
from trying to control the situation. She demanded that things be done as she
desperately tried to control what couldn't be.

3.It had been her dream for years but Dana had failed to take any action toward
making it come true. There had always been a good excuse to delay or prioritize
another project. As she woke, she realized she was once again at a crossroads.
Would it be another excuse or would she finally find the courage to pursue her
dream? Dana rose and took her first step.

4.She patiently waited for his number to be called. She had no desire to be
there, but her mom had insisted that she go. She's resisted at first, but over
time she realized it was simply easier to appease her and go. Mom tended to be
that way. She would keep insisting until you wore down and did what she
wanted. So, here she sat, patiently waiting for her number to be called.

5.Brenda never wanted to be famous. While most of her friends dreamed about
being famous, she could see the negative aspects that those who wanted to be
famous seemed to ignore. The fact that you could never do anything in public
without being mobbed and the complete lack of privacy was something that she
never wanted to experience. She also had no desire to have strangers
speculating about every aspect of her life and what each thing she did was
supposed to mean. Brenda was perfectly happy with her anonymous life where
she could do exactly as she wanted without anyone else giving a damn. Thus,
her overnight Internet celebrity was not something she was thrilled about as her
friends told her how lucky she was.

6.They argue. While the argument seems to be different the truth is it's always
the same. Yes, the topic may be different or the circumstances, but when all
said and done, it all came back to the same thing. They both knew it, but neither
has the courage or strength to address the underlying issue. So they continue to
argue.

7.You're going to make a choice today that will have a direct impact on where
you are five years from now. The truth is, you'll make choice like that every day
of your life. The problem is that on most days, you won't know the choice you
make will have such a huge impact on your life in the future. So if you want to
end up in a certain place in the future, you need to be careful of the choices you
make today.

8.There was little doubt that the bridge was unsafe. All one had to do was look
at it to know that with certainty. Yet Bob didn't see another option. He may
have been able to work one out if he had a bit of time to think things through,
but time was something he didn't have. A choice needed to be made, and it
needed to be made quickly.

9.It was supposed to be a dream vacation. They had planned it over a year in
advance so that it would be perfect in every way. It had been what they had
been looking forward to through all the turmoil and negativity around them. It
had been the light at the end of both their tunnels. Now that the dream vacation
was only a week away, the virus had stopped all air travel.

10.The thing that's great about this job is the time sourcing the items involves
no traveling. I just look online to buy it. It's really as simple as that. While
everyone else is searching for what they can sell, I sit in front of my computer
and buy better stuff for less money and spend a fraction of the time doing it.

11.It was a question of which of the two she preferred. On the one hand, the
choice seemed simple. The more expensive one with a brand name would be the
choice of most. It was the easy choice. The safe choice. But she wasn't sure she
actually preferred it.

12.Breastfeeding is good for babies and moms. Infants that are breastfed get
antibodies from their mothers against common illnesses. Breastfed babies have
less chance of being obese as an adult. Breastfeeding a baby lets the infant-
mother pair bond in a very unique way. Mother’s who breastfeed lower their
chances of developing breast cancer. Usually, mothers who breastfeed lose their
pregnancy weight more quickly and easily. The benefits of breastfeeding are
numerous.

13.She had been an angel for coming up on 10 years and in all that time nobody
had told her this was possible. The fact that it could ever happen never even
entered her mind. Yet there she stood, with the undeniable evidence sitting on
the ground before her. Angels could lose their wings.

14.There once lived an old man and an old woman who were peasants and had
to work hard to earn their daily bread. The old man used to go to fix fences and
do other odd jobs for the farmers around, and while he was gone the old
woman, his wife, did the work of the house and worked in their own little plot of
land.

15.He wondered if he should disclose the truth to his friends. It would be a risky
move. Yes, the truth would make things a lot easier if they all stayed on the
same page, but the truth might fracture the group leaving everything in even
more of a mess than it was not telling the truth. It was time to decide which way
to go.

16.I guess we could discuss the implications of the phrase "meant to be." That is
if we wanted to drown ourselves in a sea of backwardly referential semantics
and other mumbo-jumbo. Maybe such a discussion would result in the
determination that "meant to be" is exactly as meaningless a phrase as it seems
to be, and that none of us is actually meant to be doing anything at all. But
that's my existential underpants underpinnings showing. It's the way the cookie
crumbles. And now I want a cookie.

17.The shoes had been there for as long as anyone could remember. In fact, it
was difficult for anyone to come up with a date they had first appeared. It had
seemed they'd always been there and yet they seemed so out of place. Why
nobody had removed them was a question that had been asked time and again,
but while they all thought it, nobody had ever found the energy to actually do it.
So, the shoes remained on the steps, out of place in one sense, but perfectly
normal in another.

18.She was in a hurry. Not the standard hurry when you're in a rush to get
someplace, but a frantic hurry. The type of hurry where a few seconds could
mean life or death. She raced down the road ignoring speed limits and weaving
between cars. She was only a few minutes away when traffic came to a dead
standstill on the road ahead.

19.She put the pen to paper but she couldn't bring herself to actually write
anything. She just stared at the blank card and wondered what words she could
write that would help in even a small way. She thought of a dozen ways to begin
but none seemed to do justice to the situation. There were no words that could
help and she knew it.

20.The alarm went off at exactly 6:00 AM as it had every morning for the past
five years. Barbara began her morning and was ready to eat breakfast by 7:00
AM. The day appeared to be as normal as any other, but that was about to
change. In fact, it was going to change at exactly 7:23 AM.

21.Betty decided to write a short story and she was sure it was going to be
amazing. She had already written it in her head and each time she thought
about it she grinned from ear to ear knowing how wonderful it would be. She
could imagine the accolades coming in and the praise she would receive for
creating such a wonderful piece. She was therefore extremely frustrated when
she actually sat down to write the short story and the story that was so
beautiful inside her head refused to come out that way on paper.

22.She needed glasses. It wasn't that she couldn't see without them, but what
she could see with them. When she wore glasses, her eyes focused so deeply
that she could see not only the physical but also beyond. It was like a
superpower. But she needed glasses.
23.It was the first day of the rest of her life. This wasn't the day she was
actually born, but she knew that nothing would be the same from this day
forward. Although this was a bit scary to her, it was also extremely freeing. Her
past was no longer a burden or something that she needed to be concerned
about and defend. She threw off the covers keeping her warm in bed, placed her
feet over the side of the bed, slipped on her slipper, and took the first step of
the first day of her new life.

24.He had done everything right. There had been no mistakes throughout the
entire process. It had been perfection and he knew it without a doubt, but the
results still stared back at him with the fact that he had lost.

25.Have you ever wondered about toes? Why 10 toes and not 12. Why are some
bigger than others? Some people can use their toes to pick up things while
others can barely move them on command. Some toes are nice to look at while
others are definitely not something you want to look at. Toes can be stubbed
and make us scream. Toes help us balance and walk. 10 toes are just something
to ponder.

26.Debbie put her hand into the hole, sliding her hand down as far as her arm
could reach. She wiggled her fingers hoping to touch something, but all she felt
was air. She shifted the weight of her body to try and reach an inch or two more
down the hole. Her fingers still touched nothing but air.

27.He swung back the fishing pole and cast the line which ell 25 feet away into
the river. The lure landed in the perfect spot and he was sure he would soon get
a bite. He never expected that the bite would come from behind in the form of a
bear.

28.There was nothing to indicate Nancy was going to change the world. She
looked like an average girl going to an average high school. It was the fact that
everything about her seemed average that would end up becoming her
superpower.

29.Hopes and dreams were dashed that day. It should have been expected, but
it still came as a shock. The warning signs had been ignored in favor of the
possibility, however remote, that it could actually happen. That possibility had
grown from hope to an undeniable belief it must be destiny. That was until it
wasn't and the hopes and dreams came crashing down.

30.Samantha wanted to be famous. The problem was that she had never
considered all the downsides to actually being famous. Had she taken the time
to objectively consider these downsides, she would have never agreed to
publically sing that first song.

31.She asked the question even though she didn't really want to hear the
answer. It was a no-win situation since she already knew. If he told the truth,
she'd get confirmation of her worst fears. If he lied, she'd know that he wasn't
who she thought he was which would be almost as bad. Yet she asked the
question anyway and waited for his answer.

32.The bush began to shake. Brad couldn't see what was causing it to shake, but
he didn't care. he had a pretty good idea about what was going on and what was
happening. He was so confident that he approached the bush carefree and with
a smile on his face. That all changed the instant he realized what was actually
behind the bush.

33.She wondered if the note had reached him. She scolded herself for not
handing it to him in person. She trusted her friend, but so much could happen.
She waited impatiently for word.

34.He dropped the ball. While most people would think that this was a metaphor
of some type, in Joe's case it was absolutely literal. He had hopes of reaching
the Major League and that dream was now it great jeopardy. All because he had
dropped the ball.

35.Was it a whisper or was it the wind? He wasn't quite sure. He thought he

heard a voice but at this moment all he could hear was the wind rustling the
leaves of the trees all around him. He stopped and listened more intently to see
if he could hear the voice again. Nothing but the wind rustling the leaves could
be heard. He was about to continue his walk when he felt a hand on his
shoulder, and he quickly turned to see who it was. There was nobody there, but
he heard the voice again.

36.The chair sat in the corner where it had been for over 25 years. The only
difference was there was someone actually sitting in it. How long had it been
since someone had done that? Ten years or more he imagined. Yet there was no
denying the presence in the chair now.

37.If you can imagine a furry humanoid seven feet tall, with the face of an
intelligent gorilla and the braincase of a man, you'll have a rough idea of what
they looked like -- except for their teeth. The canines would have fitted better in
the face of a tiger, and showed at the corners of their wide, thin-lipped mouths,
giving them an expression of ferocity.

38.There weren't supposed to be dragons flying in the sky. First and foremost,
dragons didn't exist. They were mythical creatures from fantasy books like
unicorns. This was something that Pete knew in his heart to be true so he was
having a difficult time acknowledging that there were actually fire-breathing
dragons flying in the sky above him.

39.I love the feel of wood curls flying off the lathe as I begin to shape the log in
front of me. The sound of scraping changes based on the wetness of the wood,
the speed at which the lathe is turning, and the type of cut I am making. The
smell and feel of wet wood being turned are unique. The water is sprayed out as
I cut through the different layers of wood. A log can turn into anything one's
imagination can think of with the right set of hands-on tools. I have those hands
and imagination. I use all of my senses and intuition to create a beautiful object.
That is why I enjoy turning wood.

40.It's an unfortunate reality that we don't teach people how to make money
(beyond getting a 9 to 5 job) as part of our education system. The truth is there
are a lot of different, legitimate ways to make money. That doesn't mean they
are easy and that you won't have to work hard to succeed, but it does mean that
if you're willing to open your mind a bit you don't have to be stuck in an office
from 9 to 5 for the next fifty years o your life.

41.The tree missed the days the kids used to come by and play. It still wore the
tire swing the kids had put up in its branches years ago although both the tire
and the rope had seen better days. The tree had watched all the kids in the
neighborhood grow up and leave, and it wondered if there would ever be a time
when another child played and laughed again under its branches. That was the
hope that the tree wished every day as the swing gently swung empty in the
wind.

42.Indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part

of her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was like a
shadow, like a mist passing across her soul's summer day. It was strange and
unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her
husband, lamenting at Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which
they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself. The mosquitoes
made merry over her, biting her firm, round arms and nipping at her bare
insteps.

43.He collected the plastic trash on a daily basis. It never seemed to end. Even
if he cleaned the entire beach, more plastic would cover it the next day after the
tide had come in. Although it was a futile effort that would never be done, he
continued to pick up the trash each day.

44.There was no time. He ran out of the door without half the stuff he needed
for work, but it didn't matter. He was late and if he didn't make this meeting on
time, someone's life may be in danger.

45.It was a weird concept. Why would I really need to generate a random
paragraph? Could I actually learn something from doing so? All these questions
were running through her head as she pressed the generate button. To her
surprise, she found what she least expected to see.

46.The opened package of potato chips held the answer to the mystery. Both
detectives looked at it but failed to realize it was the key to solve the crime.
They passed by it assuming it was random trash ensuring that the case would
never be solved.
47.She didn't like the food. She never did. She made the usual complaints and
started the tantrum he knew was coming. But this time was different. Instead of
trying to placate her and her unreasonable demands, he just stared at her and
watched her meltdown without saying a word.