MEDIUM CHALLENGE

We Are What We Repeatedly Do

Challenge accepted

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Terry Pottinger wrote a beautiful poem based on Aristotle’s quote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Feel free to scroll down to the bottom first and click on the links so you get two fine examples of how to nail the challenge.

Alternatively, keep reading, but bear in mind that I am autistic, and my response will be less fine, more visual and a bit different.

Here goes:

I repeatedly go with the flow
So I am a flower

A flower. Photo by RoonZ nl on Unsplash

I repeatedly think I should do things
So I am a shoulder

A more beautiful shoulder than mine, but a shoulder nonetheless. Photo by Hywel Jones: on pexels.com

I repeatedly draw
So I am a drawer

Photo by Die Handwerksmeister on Unsplash

I repeatedly raise a toast 🍷
So I am a toaster

Photo by Nicola Barts on pexels.com

I repeatedly make mistakes
So I am human

Image by rawpixel.com

You can find Terry Pottinger’s poem here, and do click on the link so you can hear her reading it. I wish I sounded like that:

“We Are What We Repeatedly Do.

Find Mick Gibson’s wonderful response here:

Terry’s — We are what we Repeat — challenge