Down in Who-Ville liked Christmas a lot.

But the Grinch, who lived just North of Who-Ville, did not.

the grinch hated christmas!
the whole christmas season!
please, don't ask why. no one quite knows the reason.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.

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Eudaimonia

But I think the most likely answer of all,
was that his heart was two sizes too small.

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On the kinkometer, my kink measures as a sine wave.

Whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes,
He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.