10
Sep
2020

Redness: Super Short Story #733

Redness: Super Short Story #733 ‘If you look carefully’, she said,‘the red lights in this districtare of places offering holy…

10
Sep
2020

Quote: Super Short Story #732

  Quote: Super Short Story #732 ‘Use a quote by others’, he said,‘if you cannot say it better.’ ‘Create the…

10
Sep
2020

Renovation: Super Short Story #731

  Renovation: Super Short Story #731 He realised that renovationis all about changingthe finishing and lighting,with the first for improving…

10
Sep
2020

Relationships: Super Short Story #730

  Relationships: Super Short Story #730 There are only three ways that relationships change — First, they become more lively,with…

10
Sep
2020

Quickness: Super Short Story #729

  Quickness: Super Short Story #729 This is why he reads and writes quickly… He reads others’ stories quicklyto learn…

08
Sep
2020

Competence : Super Short Story #728

  Competence : Super Short Story #728 Seeing the very confident yet so very incompetent,he thought,‘It is better to think…

08
Sep
2020

Dedication : Super Short Story #727

  Dedication : Super Short Story #727 This story and poem is dedicated to you,who have yet to read it,yet…

08
Sep
2020

Memories : Super Short Story #726

  Memories : Super Short Story #726 Her memories got mixed up.Some movies’ fictitious storieswere remembered as personal experiences,while documentaries’…

08
Sep
2020

Morals: Super Short Story #725

Morals: Super Short Story #725 She warned,‘Beware the morally “flexible”,as their moralsmight not be firm enough in spirit.’ He warned,‘Beware…

08
Sep
2020

Shit: Super Short Story #724

  Shit: Super Short Story #724 While toileting, he thought,‘If even shit can be so usefulfor fertilising the next meal,what…

26
Aug
2020

Amla

  In the Surangama Sutra, it says that Aniruddha, the Arhat greatest with heavenly vision sees our section of the…

26
Aug
2020

Don’t Break Down; Break It Down

  From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’: Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in…

26
Aug
2020

Hope

From ‘Everything is F*cked: A Book about Hope’ by Mark Manson: Hope doesn’t care about the problemsthat have already been…

26
Aug
2020

Heroism

  From ‘Everything is F*cked: A Book about Hope’ by Mark Manson: Heroism isn’t just bravery or guts or shrewd…

26
Aug
2020

Verb(al) Paradox

  Verb(al) Paradox ‘Verbal’ is a verb.‘Verb’ is a noun.

04
Aug
2020

Foolishness Is Close To Craziness

  As mad men often thinkthat black is white,so foolishness isnext of kin to madness. — Musonius Rufus(On Furnishings)

04
Aug
2020

Be Ever More Loving

  If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me. – W.H. Auden

04
Aug
2020

If Banished Justly Or Unjustly

  Either you were banished justly or unjustly.If justly, how can it be right or fittingto feel aggrieved at just…

04
Aug
2020

Disgrace Is From Doing Evil, Not Enduring It

  The wise and sensible…do not think that disgracelies in enduring them[i.e. malignant glances, laughs,strikes or reviles],but rather in doing…

04
Aug
2020

With Contentment Is Enough

  We do not feelthe lack of many thingsunless we wishto live luxuriously. — Musonius Rufus(Exile Is Not An Evil)