“Hope these old parachutes open… jump!”

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It has always felt as though TV and movies were preparing me for a situation in which I might unexpectedly have to jump from an airplane. Fortunately, I have avoided this scenario so far.  

Of course, one does not necessarily need to believe in the accuracy of parachuting scenes from the movies:

Panic. 
Fleeing. 
Grabbed. 

“Tag, you’re it!”

This was my first Six Word Story. It was a bit of cheating to use the contraction. The game of tag is pretty universal, but one thing I liked about writing from this perspective was that it became a reminder as to why some children might have so much trouble regulating emotions. Being a healthy human is learning how to feel a fight or flight impulse, or knowingly inducing that in others, but without becoming overwhelmed.

Perhaps “tag” might help one keep a cool head in intense situations later in life .