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Ask anyway

graffiti: blue dragonfly with yellow wings, saying, Ask for peaceThis is about asking and receiving.

This is about sitting with how that works sometimes.

One of my favorite Smiths songs is “Ask” (which you should listen to right now…), someone saying, hey, listen, it’s cute to be shy and coy, but sometimes you’ve gotta ask for what you want. It’s kind of an answer to, or a companion-on-the-other-side to Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (which, I know, The Temptations did first, but I always how TLC does it). These songs are about getting/giving yourself permission to claim your desire.

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