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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

By Karen

so previously Dan wrote about his love for pickles. well. if there is one thing that you should know about me and pickles it is that i eat them when i am stressed. ok. so i ate them when i am stressed. ok. so ate them often when i was stressed during high school. if you think about it. pickles are probably the most perfect food to eat when you are stressed. they have a good crunch. a little bit of spice. and some pickles even have a little extra kick. so back in high school when i was stressed about coming to college or finishing up my senior year. i would open up the fridge door and reach for a jar of pickles. wow. if i would have known it then, there might have been a million other more beneficial ways i could have beat the stress than eating pickles. such as go for a run, take a long hot shower, or talk to one of my good friends. but now that i am in college and sometimes do get stressed. although eating pickles is a very beneficial way to beat stress. as i am in college i am learning that perhaps it is not just the pickle that helps me beat the stress. perhaps it is the quiet moment that i spend alone with the pickle that gives my mind a chance to breathe. perhaps i really like eating pickles because the same moment that i bite into the green, crunchy, and sometimes even salty pickle, my mind is at ease. perhaps it is not even about the pickle. perhaps in the middle of a crazy situation it is more important for me to have some time by myself. alone. so often it is being alone that scares us most. but why does it scare us? 

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