this word in my dictionary II

Byproduct   [by-prod-uct]

noun

1. A secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence.

2. A side effect

Synonyms:  offshoot, outgrowth

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Realizing more each day how

inner peace is a byproduct of the understanding that you can't rationalize every person or situation.

How could this happen and how could this person have done this?

Stop -  It happened.  They did.  And you don't understand it.

Period.

When I let it move through me it's still there, as a byproduct - but it's only residual effect is that I'm at peace with the fact that I let it go,

That's a good feeling when you can choose for this type of outgrowth.

smoke

The school bus turned the corner and I was no longer behind it on my bike.

Yet, I still inhaled the fumes it left behind....

....so invisible yet so unsettling in my chest.

I pushed the fog out of my lungs in one labored exhale

and while I was at it - 

I pushed the last 6 months of residual weight out, too.

Makes for one nice inhale of a Monday.

~ L ~

take it down a notch

Nothing like a little blood, some bruises and ripped clothes to 

teach a lesson to slow down during my days.  

No need to run.

Slow down.

You'll still get to where you're headed.