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Dawn Of The Unbroken

Lost In The Algorithms: Daily Odyssey #3

George Kalantzis
2 min readJan 8, 2024

In the quiet hours of the morning, with classical music softly playing in my headphones, I sit here, a shadow with my pen in hand and notebook open writing dreams that never see the day. The melody flows like a gentle river, and my pen dances to its rhythm, each stroke a step closer to making sense of this thing called life.

My daughter sleeps soundly in our apartment. Her dreams are undoubtedly more coherent than the plot I’m wrestling with in my mind. As my fingers dance over the keyboard, I feel a shift.

The solitude, once a cloak of loneliness, transforms into a shroud of peace where time has a way of dulling the sharpest of griefs.

Like the gradual retreat of winter giving way to the gentle thaw of spring, life finds a way to ease the burden we carry. It’s in these moments, with the world in slumber and my mind racing, that an unexpected gratitude for this writer’s life washes over me.

One morning, you wake up, and the weight on your chest is lighter. The air is cleaner, and fresher. You notice the sun again, feel its warmth, and realize the storm has stopped.

Writing, breathing, living— these simple acts transform from battles into harmonious rhythms. Every twist and turn has been a step toward this…

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George Kalantzis
George Kalantzis

Written by George Kalantzis

George is a professional storyteller, a dad to a sassy and adventurous eight year-old girl, and the author Of Nowhere To Go

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