Purpose: Super Short Story #672    He decided long agothat his purpose was to be personally happily fulfilled,which inevitably has to helpothers to be happily fulfilled too. All other things are just distractions,including the naysayers and that...

Distraction: Super Short Story #671    With making money as a distractionout of the picture,she now faced many more distractions,as to what to do with her money...

Death: Super Short Story #671    Since you are dying,he told himself,why would you do this nonsense? Since you are not dead yet,he also told himself,how would you deal with this...

Storm: Super Short Story #670    He figured thatif he prepared for the storm,bracing himself for it,not only would he not dread it,he could even enjoy it,knowing it will never harm him,while appreciating it as it...

Fairness: Super Short Story #669    She was unsureif there will be eventual fairness in the world,but she was surethere should be more fairness in the world,and that she can play a part in it.If she wanted a fairer world,it made sense that she should play her fair...

Good: Super Short Story #668    What impressed herwas not how much he made,but how much he used it,to do good with it. After all, how good can millions be,it it only benefits one...

Attention: Super Short Story #667    What she missed was the attention;not the one giving the attention. What he missed was the attending,not the one attended...

Trauma: Super Short Story #666    He thought it was unreasonableto let a single traumatic experienceshape his entire life,to make life itself entirely traumatic. What he needed wasto learn the lesson from the trauma,not cling to the trauma without...

Love: Super Short Story #665    She knew since youngthat most confused love of another loving oneselfas love of another,and lust for anotheras love for...

Karma: Super Short Story #664   He struggled with the tensionof being an instrument for exacting others’ negative karma,without creating negative karma personally,and letting karma exact itself...

Shock: Super Short Story #663 She shocked the troublemakerby not being troubled as expected,while she indirectly told the troublemaker that she could easily tell the whole world who the troublemaker is –if she wanted to give trouble back – at any time. It is hard to tellif what...

Stupidity: Super Short Story #662 What shocked him mostwas the utter stupidityof those involved,while he reminded himselfnot to be just as stupidby being worked up by the...

Justice: Super Short Story #661 It struck him that to seek justiceout of a troubling sense of vengeancewas to do no justice to himself –punishing himselfby wanting to punish...

Forgiveness: Super Short Story #660 Realising that to forgiveis to let herself off the hookthat she hung herself on,she let go of hate for the perpetrator,even if he never...

Nonsense: Super Short Story #659 He decided that life is too shortto bother about the nonsensical,that if he does,it would make his life...

Glasses: Super Short Story: #658 His glasses were too dustywhile without wearing them,he could not see the dust well,to clear them...

Integrity: Super Short Story: #657 He said he wasjust doing his work,but he was also selling his integrity,rationalising that it was worth...

Lie: Super Short Story: #656 The most terrible lieis not that which fools everyone else,but that fools the liar too,into thinking it is true,with repeated lyingand repeated rationalising. These best liars are also the...

Actor: Super Short Story: #655 Being too much of a method actor,he ceased being a mere actor;becoming the acted,such that he is paradoxicallyno method actor at...

Delight: Super Short Story: #654 While she thought it was delightful that their child looks like the Father,he is horrified that there might beanother version of him,as he cannot even stand himself at...

Label: Super Short Story: #653 She thought if he had yet to be labelled evil by the evil,he must have yetto really stand upfor what is really...

Jealousy: Super Short Story #652  He thought that his jealous spatscould relieve his suffering,but they never did,as there are countless more thingsto be jealous over. Being constantly jealouswas itself constant suffering.What he needed to have is rejoice,to be happy for others’...

Self: Super Short Story #651The overly self-conscioussee everything in terms of themselves,with the universe as if revolving around them,limiting and contorting their experience of reality. Constantly craving for themselves,always imagining others aseither for or against themselves,this is...

Projection: Super Short Story #650Before judging othersto be this or that way,it should be rememberedthat our judgements to some extentare projections of the ways we are too,not the way others truly are –unless we have freedourselves of our...

Arrogance: Super Short Story #649The arrogant will always sufferbecause their perceptions of themselvesdo not align with reality,while reality will always assert itself to be true,forcing itself to be perceived eventually,overriding their...

Suspect: Super Short Story #648 Those guilty of suspectingonly the usual suspectsas causes of problemstend to forget the truly usual suspects...

Repetition: Super Short Story #647 He repeated the following to himself:Repeatedly do only one thing –learn new lessons well,so that they are not misunderstood,so that they are not forgotten,so that they need not be repeatedly learnt,due to not learning them...

Purpose: Super Short Story #646 If this self perishes at the end of this life,or transforms beyond recognition,the aim of this lifemust be to accomplishthat transcends self,that which is selfless,  that is for everyone...

Betrayal: Super Short Story #645 Although he felt betrayed by her deception,he was really betrayedby his gullibility… too. Only friends can betray your trust,but if they do,they were not your trustworthy friendsin the first...

Greed: Super Short Story #644 The problem with greed,he realised,is that it does notlead to what is enough; only to wanting more than needed,never getting enough.That, he decided,was what he neither needed nor...