Dispute: Super Short Story #627If the only way to settle disputesis calmly and clearly,why even have a heated dispute? Realising this,he never had a heated dispute again,for the rest of his...

Best: Super Short Story #626Having already done her best,she did not give a hoot about others saying she did her worst. It was just too incrediblethat they could still find fault.What they said said more about them than her –the...

Focus: Super Short Story #625The first focus, he learnt…is to learn to be more focused,to learn...

Confidence: Super Short Story #624Being overdressed and overly made-up,she did not exude supreme confidence,but of great vanity, to hide lack of confidence,in...

Empathy: Super Short Story #623He had plenty of empathy,even for those who lack empathy,though it was not as ifhe could give any empathy to...

Truth: Super Short Story #622There are already so many true storieswith important truths to learn from,that she does not read fiction any more.Not that there are no truths in it at all,they are just a tad less...

Humour: Super Short Story #621 She figured that if she can laugh at herself,she should be able to laugh at anyone else,including those who cannot laugh at themselves,unless they are not funny at...

Randomness: Super Short Story #620 He felt thankful – though not sureif for randomness,good luck or good karma,if there are any differences at...

Competition: Super Short Story #619 He figured that he shouldonly compete with himself,to outdo himself, to be better, which he can surely do,even if he cannot outdo...

Lyrics: Let me faceThe sound and furyLet me faceHurricanes…  Let me not turn awayFrom happiness or painJust not to run awayIn my heart and in my head   Comments:Instead of fretting the storms of life, why not brace to anticipate them,physically and emotionally,thus living with more ease...

Lyrics:   Thank you terrorThank you disillusionmentThank you frailtyThank you consequenceThank you Thank you silence… Comments:   If we can be thankful even for the terrible,for weakness, for delusion banished, for karma… By learning lessons from them all,we can be truly grateful...

Lyrics:   … if my life is for rent and I don’t learn to buyWell I deserve nothing more than I get’cause nothing I have is truly mine  Comments: With ever-changing ‘selves’,and impermanent lives,they are as if only ‘rented’ by us,for as long as they...

Lyrics:   Don’t give inDon’t you dare quit so easyGive all that you got on the swordDon’t say that you won’t live foreverI know, I know   Comments: Never give up doing what you should do.Try not to fall on your sword,but even if you fall on the sword,doing what you...

Lyrics:   Papers in the roadsideTell of suffering and greedFear today, forgot tomorrow Ooh, here besides the newsOf holy war and holy needOurs is just a little sorrowed talk   Comments: Ours is just a little sorrow,that should not be indulged in,compared with more suffering of otherscaused by...

Lyrics:   Grow up children, don’t you sufferAt the hands of one another… I’ve seen what a man can doI’ve seen all the hate of a woman too Comments:As long as we make each other suffer,with greed, hatred and delusion,we are immature children despite age,who have yet to...

Lyrics:    Never get angry at stupid people Though I go crazy at the dullness of my life Comments: It is stupid to get angry at anyone,especially the stupid. Why not make life less dullby awakening to compassion,to awaken the...

Lyrics: Hush now don’t cryWipe away the teardrop from your eyeYou’re lying safe in bedIt was all a bad dreamSpinning in your headYour mind tricked you to feel the pain…So here it is, another chanceWide awake you face the dayYour dream is overOr has it just begun? Comments:...

Lyrics:  When you’re sure you’ve had enoughOf this lifeWell hang onDon’t let yourself go… Everybody criesAnd everybody hurts sometimesAnd everybody hurts sometimesSo, hold on, hold onHold on, hold on…You are not alone Comments:Take a break if you must,but not...

Lyrics:Freedom comes when you learn to let go…You were my lesson I had to learn…Pain is a warning that something’s wrong… There’s no greater powerThan the power of goodbye  Comments:Liberation is from renouncing what you should,greed, hatred and delusion,which...

Reason: Super Short Story #618 It is unreasonableto assume both sides of a conflictare equally unreasonable,to thus equally demoniseand denounce both sides. What reasonable to dois to support what is reasonable,by showing the unreasonablewhat is...

Actually: Super Short Story #617 He actually realised thathe doesn’t actually needto say ‘actually’ so...

Difference: Super Short Story #616 The world is better, worse or indifferent with her.If worse, it would be better not with her.If indifferent, it would no different with her.Only if better, is her existence worthy. Thinking so, she decided to make a difference.The tricky part is deciding how...

Perception: Super Short Story #615 As she clung to her perceptions,it was hard for her to perceive them to be wrong,and to perceive other perceptions to be right.She became a ‘know-it-all’,who truly is a...

Fate: Super Short Story #614 The problem, she thought,about popular belief in ‘fate’,is that what ‘unfated’ can become ‘fated’,and  what ‘fated’ can become ‘unfated’,which makes belief in ‘fate’ rather...

Phone: Super Short Story #613 Seeing the fight about to break out,he whipped out his phoneto video the squabble,in case there is violence,with which a record might be useful.  Seeing the fight about to break out,she whipped out her phoneto pretend to call the cops aloud,in case there is...

Masses: Super Short Story #612 He realised that if he thinks and lives like the masses,he will be like the masses. But if he thinks and livesunlike the masses,he will be exceptionally…crazy or excellent. He just has to ensure he will be the latter, not the first. ...

Romance: Super Short Story #611 How romantic are flowers,if plucked from fields, stolen from butterflies bees?How romantic are chocolates,with milk stolen from imprisoned cows and their calves?    How much more romanticto consider the above,to have greater love for more,to not gift flowers...

Reflection: Super Short Story #610 She had been guiding himto self-reflect,but he has to self-reflectwithout her guidance,to really self-reflect. ...

Demands: Super Short Story #609 Because of his changing and conflicting demands,she was unsure of what he really wants,though she is sure that he is unsure of what he really wants,yet surely not knowing...

Remains: Super Short Story #608He was not surewhat he hoped to seeof her exhumed remains. If the body is rather intact,will it be kind of disturbing?If the body is rather decomposed,will it be more...