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.

1.After hunting for several hours, we finally saw a large seal sunning itself on a
flat rock. I took one of the wooden clubs while Larry took the longer one. We
slowly snuck up behind the seal until we were close enough to club it over its
head. The seal slumped over and died. This seal would help us survive. We could
eat the meat and fat. The fat could be burned in a shell for light and the fur
could be used to make a blanket. We declared our first day of hunting a great
success.

2.She tried not to judge him. His ratty clothes and unkempt hair made him look
homeless. Was he really the next Einstein as she had been told? On the off
chance it was true, she continued to try not to judge him.

3.Matt told her to reach for the stars, but Veronica thought it was the most
ridiculous advice she'd ever received. Sure, it had been well-meaning when he
said it, but she didn't understand why anyone would want to suggest something
that would literally kill you if you actually managed to achieve it.

4.Ten more steps. If he could take ten more steps it would be over, but his legs
wouldn't move. He tried to will them to work, but they wouldn't listen to his
brain. Ten more steps and it would be over but it didn't appear he would be able
to do it.

5.She was aware that things could go wrong. In fact, she had trained her entire
life in anticipation that things would go wrong one day. She had quiet
confidence as she started to see that this was the day that all her training would
be worthwhile and useful. At this point, she had no idea just how wrong
everything would go that day.

6.It was a simple green chair. There was nothing extraordinary about it or so it
seemed. It was the type of chair one would pass without even noticing it was
there, let alone what the actual color of it was. It was due to this common and
unassuming appearance that few people actually stopped to sit in it and
discover its magical powers.

7.He ordered his regular breakfast. Two eggs sunnyside up, hash browns, and
two strips of bacon. He continued to look at the menu wondering if this would
be the day he added something new. This was also part of the routine. A few
seconds of hesitation to see if something else would be added to the order
before demuring and saying that would be all. It was the same exact meal that
he had ordered every day for the past two years.
8.It's not his fault. I know you're going to want to, but you can't blame him. He
really has no idea how it happened. I kept trying to come up with excuses I
could say to mom that would keep her calm when she found out what happened,
but the more I tried, the more I could see none of them would work. He was
going to get her wrath and there was nothing I could say to prevent it.

9.Stormi is a dog. She is dark grey and has long legs. Her eyes are expressive
and are able to let her humans know what she is thinking. Her tongue is long,
pink, and wet. Her long legs allow her to sprint after other dogs, people or
bunnies. She can be a good dog, but also very bad. Her tail wags when happy or
excited and hides between her back legs when she is bad. Stormi is a dog I love.

10.Finding the truth wouldn't be easy, that's for sure. Then there was the
question of whether or not Jane really wanted to know the truth. That's the
thing that bothered her most. It wasn't the difficulty of actually finding out what
happened that was the obstacle, but having to live with that information once it
was found.

11.They had always called it the green river. It made sense. The river was green.
The river likely had a different official name, but to everyone in town, it was and
had always been the green river. So it was with great surprise that on this day
the green river was a fluorescent pink.

12.They decided to find the end of the rainbow. While they hoped they would
find a pot of gold, neither of them truly believed that the mythical pot would
actually be there. Nor did they believe they could actually find the end of the
rainbow. Still, it seemed like a fun activity for the day, and pictures of them
chasing rainbows would look great on their Instagram accounts. They would
have never believed they would actually find the end of a rainbow, and when
they did, what they actually found there.

13.She never liked cleaning the sink. It was beyond her comprehension how it
got so dirty so quickly. It seemed that she was forced to clean it every other
day. Even when she was extra careful to keep things clean and orderly, it still
ended up looking like a mess in a couple of days. What she didn't know was
there was a tiny creature living in it that didn't like things neat.

14.It was a simple tip of the hat. Grace didn't think that anyone else besides her
had even noticed it. It wasn't anything that the average person would notice, let
alone remember at the end of the day. That's why it seemed so unbelievable
that this little gesture would ultimately change the course of the world.

15.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.
16.It was a rat's nest. Not a literal one, but that is what her hair seemed to
resemble every morning when she got up. It was going to take at least an hour
to get it under control and she was sick and tired of it. She peered into the
mirror and wondered if it was worth it. It wasn't. She opened the drawer and
picked up the hair clippers.

17.The fog was as thick as pea soup. This was a problem. Gary was driving but
couldn't see a thing in front of him. He knew he should stop, but the road was
narrow so if he did, it would be right in the center of the road. He was sure that
another car would end up rear-ending him, so he continued forward despite the
lack of visibility. This was an unwise move.

18.Sometimes it's simply better to ignore the haters. That's the lesson that
Tom's dad had been trying to teach him, but Tom still couldn't let it go. He
latched onto them and their hate and couldn't let it go, but he also realized that
this wasn't healthy. That's when he came up with his devious plan.

19.The amber droplet hung from the branch, reaching fullness and ready to
drop. It waited. While many of the other droplets were satisfied to form as big
as they could and release, this droplet had other plans. It wanted to be part of
history. It wanted to be remembered long after all the other droplets had
dissolved into history. So it waited for the perfect specimen to fly by to trap and
capture that it hoped would eventually be discovered hundreds of years in the
future.

20.I checked in for the night at Out O The Way motel. What a bad choice that
was. First I took a shower and a spider crawled out of the drain. Next, the towel
rack fell down when I reached for the one small bath towel. This allowed the
towel to fall halfway into the toilet. I tried to watch a movie, but the remote
control was sticky and wouldn’t stop scrolling through the channels. I gave up
for the night and crawled into bed. I stretched out my leg and felt something
furry by my foot. Filled with fear, I reached down and to my surprise, I pulled
out a raccoon skin pair of underwear. After my initial relief that it wasn’t alive,
the image of a fat, ugly businessman wearing raccoon skin briefs filled my brain.
I jumped out of the bed, threw my toothbrush into my bag, and sprinted towards
my car.

21.He sat across from her trying to imagine it was the first time. It wasn't. Had
it been a hundred? It quite possibly could have been. Two hundred? Probably
not. His mind wandered until he caught himself and again tried to imagine it
was the first time.

22.What if dogs were racist? Would they care about fur color….. “son, only play
with other tan dogs”? Or maybe it would depend on breed, “honey, only play
with other German Shepards, never poodles”. Better yet it could depend on
occupation. “I’m a sled dog while you’re only a running companion, leave me
alone”. Maybe the neighborhood they live in could be the way they choose
which dogs to associate with and which to shun? Size could be the determining
factor, “see how tall that dog is, they are probably dumb”. Luckily dogs don’t
discriminate. Just watch at a dog park. Big black and white dogs wag their tails
and play with tiny tan dogs. A service dog chases after the same ball as the off-
duty police dog. So if dogs don’t discriminate then why do we?

23.Patrick didn't want to go. The fact that she was insisting they must go made
him want to go even less. He had no desire to make small talk with strangers he
would never again see just to be polite. But she insisted that Patrick go, and she
would soon find out that this would be the biggest mistake she could make in
their relationship.

24.You can decide what you want to do in life, but I suggest doing something
that creates. Something that leaves a tangible thing once you're done. That way
even after you're gone, you will still live on in the things you created.

25.The cab arrived late. The inside was in as bad of shape as the outside which
was concerning, and it didn't appear that it had been cleaned in months. The
green tree air-freshener hanging from the rearview mirror was either exhausted
of its scent or not strong enough to overcome the other odors emitting from the
cab. The correct decision, in this case, was to get the hell out of it and to call
another cab, but she was late and didn't have a choice.

26.He stared out the window at the snowy field. He'd been stuck in the house
for close to a month and his only view of the outside world was through the
window. There wasn't much to see. It was mostly just the field with an
occasional bird or small animal who ventured into the field. As he continued to
stare out the window, he wondered how much longer he'd be shackled to the
steel bar inside the house.

27.There was something beautiful in his hate. It wasn't the hate itself as it was
a disgusting display of racism and intolerance. It was what propelled the hate
and the fact that although he had this hate, he didn't understand where it came
from. It was at that moment that she realized that there was hope in changing
him.

28.The desert wind blew the tumbleweed in front of the car. Alex swerved to
avoid the tumbleweed, but he turned the wheel a bit too strong and the car left
the road and skidded onto the dirt median. He instantly slammed on the brakes
and the car stopped in a cloud of dirt. When the dust cloud had settled and he
could see around him again, he realized that he'd somehow crossed over into an
entirely new dimension.

29.Sleep deprivation causes all sorts of challenges and problems. When one
doesn’t get enough sleep one’s mind doesn’t work clearly. Studies have shown
that after staying awake for 24 hours one’s ability to do simple math is greatly
impaired. Driving tired has been shown to be as bad as driving drunk. Moods
change, depression, anxiety, and mania can be induced by lack of sleep. As
much as people try to do without enough sleep it is a wonder more crazy things
don’t happen in this world.

30.Barbara had been waiting at the table for twenty minutes. it had been twenty
long and excruciating minutes. David had promised that he would be on time
today. He never was, but he had promised this one time. She had made him
repeat the promise multiple times over the last week until she'd believed his
promise. Now she was paying the price.

31.He sat staring at the person in the train stopped at the station going in the
opposite direction. She sat staring ahead, never noticing that she was being
watched. Both trains began to move and he knew that in another timeline or in
another universe, they had been happy together.

32.His parents continued to question him. He didn't know what to say to them
since they refused to believe the truth. He explained again and again, and they
dismissed his explanation as a figment of his imagination. There was no way
that grandpa, who had been dead for five years, could have told him where the
treasure had been hidden. Of course, it didn't help that grandpa was roaring
with laughter in the chair next to him as he tried to explain once again how he'd
found it.

33.It's always good to bring a slower friend with you on a hike. If you happen to
come across bears, the whole group doesn't have to worry. Only the slowest in
the group do. That was the lesson they were about to learn that day.

34.Dave watched as the forest burned up on the hill, only a few miles from her
house. The car had been hastily packed and Marta was inside trying to round up
the last of the pets. Dave went through his mental list of the most important
papers and documents that they couldn't leave behind. He scolded himself for
not having prepared these better in advance and hoped that he had
remembered everything that was needed. He continued to wait for Marta to
appear with the pets, but she still was nowhere to be seen.

35.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.

36.She considered the birds to be her friends. She'd put out food for them each
morning and then she'd watch as they came to the feeders to gorge themselves
for the day. She wondered what they would do if something ever happened to
her. Would they miss the meals she provided if she failed to put out the food
one morning?
37.The words hadn't flowed from his fingers for the past few weeks. He never
imagined he'd find himself with writer's block, but here he sat with a blank
screen in front of him. That blank screen taunting him day after day had started
to play with his mind. He didn't understand why he couldn't even type a single
word, just one to begin the process and build from there. And yet, he already
knew that the eight hours he was prepared to sit in front of his computer today
would end with the screen remaining blank.

38.The kids were loud. They were way too loud for Jerry, especially since this
was a four-hour flight. The parents didn't seem to be able, or simply didn't want,
to control them. They were yelling and fighting among themselves and it was
impossible for any of the passengers to concentrate or rest. He thought about
politely tapping on the parents' shoulders and asking them to try and get their
kids under a bit more control, but before he did he came up with a better idea.
Sure, it was a bit sinister, and he'd probably end p in a lot of trouble, but he
really didn't care at that point.

39.The water rush down the wash and into the slot canyon below. Two hikers
had started the day to sunny weather without a cloud in the sky, but they hadn't
thought to check the weather north of the canyon. Huge thunderstorms had
brought a deluge o rain and produced flash floods heading their way. The two
hikers had no idea what was coming.

40.The lone lamp post of the one-street town flickered, not quite dead but
definitely on its way out. Suitcase by her side, she paid no heed to the light, the
street or the town. A car was coming down the street and with her arm
outstretched and thumb in the air, she had a plan.

41.I inadvertently went to See's Candy last week (I was in the mall looking for
phone repair), and as it turns out, See's Candy now charges a dollar -- a full
dollar -- for even the simplest of their wee confection offerings. I bought two
chocolate lollipops and two chocolate-caramel-almond things. The total cost was
four-something. I mean, the candies were tasty and all, but let's be real: A
Snickers bar is fifty cents. After this dollar-per-candy revelation, I may not find
myself wandering dreamily back into a See's Candy any time soon.

42.Stranded. Yes, she was now the first person ever to land on Venus, but that
was of little consequence. Her name would be read by millions in school as the
first to land here, but that celebrity would never actually be seen by her. She
looked at the control panel and knew there was nothing that would ever get it
back into working order. She was the first and it was not clear this would also
be her last.

43.The light was out on the front porch of the house. This was strange. Judy
couldn't remember a time when she had ever seen it out. She hopped out of her
car and walked to the door. It was slightly ajar and she knew this meant
something terrible. She gently pushed the door open and hall her fears were
realized. "Surprise! Happy Birthday!" everyone shouted.
44.It was difficult for him to admit he was wrong. He had been so certain that he
was correct and the deeply held belief could never be shaken. Yet the proof that
he had been incorrect stood right before his eyes. "See daddy, I told you that
they are real!" his daughter excitedly proclaimed.

45.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.

46.The headache wouldn't go away. She's taken medicine but even that didn't
help. The monstrous throbbing in her head continued. She had this happen to
her only once before in her life and she realized that only one thing could be
happening.

47.She wanted rainbow hair. That's what she told the hairdresser. It should be
deep rainbow colors, too. She wasn't interested in pastel rainbow hair. She
wanted it deep and vibrant so there was no doubt that she had done this on
purpose.

48.As she sat watching the world go by, something caught her eye. It wasn't so
much its color or shape, but the way it was moving. She squinted to see if she
could better understand what it was and where it was going, but it didn't help.
As she continued to stare into the distance, she didn't understand why this
uneasiness was building inside her body. She felt like she should get up and
run. If only she could make out what it was. At that moment, she comprehended
what it was and where it was heading, and she knew her life would never be the
same.

49.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.