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  • Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
  • Theme: Survival / Success
  • Subject: Aging / Maturity
  • Published: 12/11/2025

Life

By Róisín Ní Cheallaigh
Born 1976, F, from Ennis, county clare, Ireland
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Life
There are many Languages in the world.
You'd think that there's plenty of room for being lost in translation. I'm a Transistor from English to Irish, so I know what I'm talking about.

I speak three Languages: Irish, English and French. In that order. Communication is to getting to know people. There is good communication and bad communication. You can make people feel happy, sad, warm, calm.

Open minded communication is a skill in itself. I don't like negativity in a conversation if it isn't balanced with positivity. We are the channel of communication we choose to be. That comes from inside out not the other way around as people might think. The Language we use in life takes over our life without us knowing it and we think that is the right Language to use rightly or wrongly. It affects everything we do in life good and bad. I'm no different. The relationships I have with things, money and people are no different.

I can't form an open minded relationship with people without something going wrong. It is sad that we can't have continuity of open mindedness in life.
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Jessica M.

12/20/2025

I agree that negativity in a conversation must be balanced with positivity. Life is difficult as it is and we don't need to add more negativity to it. It's not about what happens to us as much as it is about how we react to what happens to us.

You said "I can't form an open minded relationship with people without something going wrong" - can you give an example?

I agree that negativity in a conversation must be balanced with positivity. Life is difficult as it is and we don't need to add more negativity to it. It's not about what happens to us as much as it is about how we react to what happens to us.

You said "I can't form an open minded relationship with people without something going wrong" - can you give an example?

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Róisín Ní Cheallaigh

12/20/2025

What I meant was my relationships end in arguing, because of lack of empathy, respect, love, equality.

What I meant was my relationships end in arguing, because of lack of empathy, respect, love, equality.

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Noah Redondo

12/15/2025

Communication is very important and you pointed out a lot with what goes into that. I was an English major in college and we learned a lot about the different uses for language and communication. Good job!

Communication is very important and you pointed out a lot with what goes into that. I was an English major in college and we learned a lot about the different uses for language and communication. Good job!

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Shirley Smothers

12/15/2025

Congratulations on True Short Story Star of the Week

Congratulations on True Short Story Star of the Week

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Róisín Ní Cheallaigh

12/11/2025

Thank you all for the touching comments. They have warmed my heart.

Thank you all for the touching comments. They have warmed my heart.

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Kankana Kriti

12/11/2025

Love how you break down communication, it's all about the vibes, right? And yeah, language does shape us more than we think.

Love how you break down communication, it's all about the vibes, right? And yeah, language does shape us more than we think.

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Róisín Ní Cheallaigh

12/11/2025

I didn't know the power I had for a long time. I am surprised and grateful.

I didn't know the power I had for a long time. I am surprised and grateful.

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Shirley Smothers

12/11/2025

This is so true. No matter what language a Person speaks, if they aren't a good at communicating they have a basic flaw.
Loved this.

This is so true. No matter what language a Person speaks, if they aren't a good at communicating they have a basic flaw.
Loved this.

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Róisín Ní Cheallaigh

12/11/2025

Thanks.

Thanks.

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Barry

12/11/2025

Very well written. Brief and succinct. You are a good writer.

Very well written. Brief and succinct. You are a good writer.

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Barry

12/11/2025

Some people write a book and say absolutely nothing. You write several, meager paragraphs, but the message is both powerful and full of inherent wisdom.

Some people write a book and say absolutely nothing. You write several, meager paragraphs, but the message is both powerful and full of inherent wisdom.

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Róisín Ní Cheallaigh

12/11/2025

Thanks. I have been writing since my teeens.

Thanks. I have been writing since my teeens.

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