OneWord - Conditioned
The prompt word over at OneWord is "conditioned."
We're conditioned at an early age how to talk, think, dress. Then, during some bogus ceremony where we get a piece of paper and license to join the world of adults, are told to make something of ourselves, make something of this planet.
But we remain in our candy-coated shells, too afraid to show the real us that bubbles beneath the surface.
Conditioned, as we are, not to fail.
Not to stand out.
We're conditioned at an early age how to talk, think, dress. Then, during some bogus ceremony where we get a piece of paper and license to join the world of adults, are told to make something of ourselves, make something of this planet.
But we remain in our candy-coated shells, too afraid to show the real us that bubbles beneath the surface.
Conditioned, as we are, not to fail.
Not to stand out.
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