“What are you all staring at?” Ian asked.
“This.” Jenn pointed.
“A piece of string?”
“That’s not just a piece of string. Look at its shape.”
“The infinity sign.”
“That’s what I said,” Jenn gloated.
“It looks like the number 8 to me,” Claire said.
“It can be both,” Mark declared.
“The number 8 looks like the infinity sign on its side,” Ian volunteered.
“In Christianity, 8 means new beginning,” Mark remarked.
Chuck laughed.
“What’s so funny?” Claire asked him.
“That’s one of the laces from my runners. I removed it yesterday because it was busted. I dropped it there.”
100 Words
This post is for the Friday’s Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. You can find this week’s prompt Here. To read other stories or to participate, click Here.
Notes to Women 
So many messages from a shoelace!!
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Exactly! Sometimes, people see more than what’s really there. I think Ian was the one who saw the lace for what it was truly until he was persuaded otherwise.
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Dear Adele,
As Thoreau said, “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” 😉 Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
A very wise saying, indeed. Thanks 🙂
Shalom,
Adele
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Those last lines made me smile.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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🙂
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Ha ha, it’s what we’ve all been staring at, trying to figure out what it means. Good story. 🙂
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Yes, I can just imagine them standing around the lace, trying to figure out what it meant and coming up with their own ideas. That’s why Chuck got such a kick out of that. Thanks, JWD 🙂
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“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” — Sigmund Freud I like the big hoopla made over a humble piece of string.
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Another good quote. Sometimes, they are what exactly what they are and not what we imagine or perceive them to be.
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I prefer that most of the time. The other can sometimes lead a person off the path.
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You’re so right. And that’s what happened to Ian. He saw what the lace for what it was until Jenn led him down a different path.
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Perspective is everything!
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It’s all in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
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True.
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Tut-tut Chuck, fancy leaving your litter on the pavement! Pleased he did though ‘cos it led to an amusing story!
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Chuck’s probably pleased that he left his litter there too. He got a kick out of seeing his friends make a big fuss over it.
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Good one.
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Thanks 🙂
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like they say, we always see what we wanted to see. 🙂
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🙂
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Great story, all about perspective.
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Thank you 🙂 Yes, it’s all about perspective.
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Hah! When one wants to see signs, one sees signs. 🙂
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True dat 🙂
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😉
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Yes, we believe what we want to believe. We see what we want to see. If only we understood what is staring us in the face.
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So true, James.
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One man’s symbol is another man’s shoelace 🙂
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True 🙂
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Signs can be interpreted in many ways. The revelation that it was his shoelace must have been disappointing. Well done!
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Yes, they can be. And I’m sure that they were very disappointed that it was just a shoelace. Thanks, Brenda 🙂
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The clear light of reality ended their conversation 🙂
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Yes, it did 🙂
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Fun scene. I saw an infinity symbol as well.
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Thanks, J.A. Am happy you thought it was fun. It like a lace arranged to look like the infinity sign 🙂
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It can be so funny how we find symbolism in everything.
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Yes, it can be 🙂 Chuck certainly got a good laugh out of it.
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