Face the Story

Dear Mr. Higher-Being,     I am writing to you today to apologize for my great blunder during our encounter last week. I truly am ashamed to have not recognized you immediately, for your presence is all one needs to know who you are. Your air of superiority and distinct status should have been immediate triggers to alert my inferior self that you were indeed before me. I should have seen through your disguise. You altered you appearance so perfectly that I was inclined to believe you were just another human like me. The two arms, two legs, eyes, nose, lips... they were all so deceiving. Your vulnerability, your vanity, your greed... they seemed all so familiar. But, as I have realized now, I was oh so dearly mistake. Oh dear lord please forgive me! I’m begging on my knees, I tell you! I should have noticed you callus-free hands; your name brand peacoat; your 24K gold watch; your imported leather shoes. They were all obvious signs that you likely haven’t spent a single day...

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