Crack it or Crank it

Have you tried real hard; worked patiently for a long long time on trying to open something? Getting it to reveal the innards? And tasted the success? How did it taste? Was it as expected? Bitter? Sweet? Different? Disappointing? My uncle nudged me towards trying to crack a walnut using the thumb and the forefinger using any combination to develop strength. Took me 5 years of my teens before I broke the first one. And when it broke, I wasn't sure whether it was a flaky one. So I tried another one. That broke too. I tried cracking a lot of them over the next few days before I was sure that the adequate amount of strength has entered the body. Of course, the ma was shocked to see me doing it..the ability to crack I mean..

But I am not referring to the walnut here. Have you ever worked on a living thing trying to get it to open itself or nudged it to a certain point you wanted to? Slowly, patiently with exquisite delicacy; with time moving in fractions. I worked on one such project for over two years. And the result was delicious. Captivating. And unbelievable. Truly, the mind is capable of any damn thing - it so led me to believe.

Me being the happy go lucky forgot it pretty damn easily once I achieved it too. And remembered it last night. And I have a new dawn to look to too..Crank up the mental focus and energy store..Goose bumps.

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