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COL Journal #3

The cost of coloring inside the lines

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May 29, 2026
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I was raised to color between the lines. The lines were clear. Stay inside them and you’re affirmed. Step outside and you’re corrected. I never quite got it right. I know that wasn’t my overseer’s intention. Yet communication is a receiver defined phenomenon. It does not matter what they say, only what we hear.

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