Things We Forget

By Gentle Witch

  • Tenacity

    Tenacity

    Do not give up. If you want to give up, remind yourself what it is that is unacceptable that you are working to change. Let this unacceptable thing motivate you…

  • Critical Thinking

    Critical Thinking

    Critical thinking is a basic skill that most people do not know how to do. Our current president’s double elected presidency here in the U.S. confirms that most people do…

  • Rhol Dahl’s Matilda

    Rhol Dahl’s Matilda

    As a child, I loved to read. A love of books is one of Roald Dahl’s Matilda’s core traits. Who is the fictional character you relate to the most? Comment…

  • Zara from Fredrick Beckman’s “Anxious People”

    Zara from Fredrick Beckman’s “Anxious People”

    I relate to Zara from Fredrick Backman’s Anxious People the most because she is wealthy, which I am working on right now, witty and guilt-ridden from one or more events…

  • Untitled post 28062

    I relate the most to the fictional character Hermione because she is always solving problems. I tested in the 80th percentile of problem solvers when I was 17 – I…

  • Kind Of

    Kind Of

    No. I am using “for a reason” to mean to fulfill some purpose, not to mean, “for a reason” as in there is a reason things happen. This is the…

  • “For”

    “For”

    I think there is a reason that that things happen. However, I do not think everything happens for a reason. This is the trouble with English – there is only…

  • No

    No

    No, I do not think everything happens for a reason. I think that thinking everything does happen for a reason is a narrow and sheltered worldview. It is disrespectful to…

  • Narrow

    Narrow

    I think that thinking everything happens for a reason is a narrow, privileged, and sheltered worldview. With all the violence and chaos occurring in our world every day, it is…

  • Nah

    Nah

    No, I don’t think everything happens for a reason. I think that thinking everything happens for a reason is inconsiderate of those who have suffered real trauma. The world is…

Hi! Gentle Witch here. I graduated from a state college with a double major in 2019. I worked for the federal government for years, and I like to write free-verse poetry in my spare time. I have traveled alone to the Virgin Islands and New York, NY. When I was 16, I had to relearn everything after a brain injury.