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Chris -- 2025-05-10
It seems I must have mentioned some from this list, but still, today I ran across
the potential future lying ahead
I previously had collected [my favorite first]
in the coming days of the future that lie ahead of us
the impending future that awaited
the future days ahead
the coming months ahead
the coming months and year ahead
the future coming days
the next two weeks to come
upcoming days ahead
and, last but not least:
a new year that we now face ahead of us
What is it about the future that attracts such redundancy? Are we stuttering over the uncertainties involved? To be sure, I have a few entries like:
currently at the present time
today right now
and (another favorite)
looking back in retrospect to things that happened in the past
but past and present don’t match the future in this regard. Better (or maybe worse?) days are coming further down the pike, my friends!
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2023-10-16 15:49:59)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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“future plans”
“past history”
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Duly noted.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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