Mixed Feelings: Super Short Story #595 Looking through her drawer of knick-knacks,she discovered a treasure trove of forgotten fickle loves,a record of the once beloved that were shelved. Mixed feelings were stirred. There was a sense of joy for reunion,with a sense of sorrow for having once...

From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James S. Romm: Quote: [A]ll things that seem to die are in fact only transformed; thus the one who will return to the world should leave it with equanimity. Just look at how...

Super Short Story #462: Forces The more she tries to increase centrifugal force to swing away, to ‘think’ away, to look away, to walk away… the more she felt the centripetal force that balances it, that binds her, to that she tries to swing away...

Super Short Story #460: Skin The snake was overwhelmed by disgust at his half-shed skin, but more so by his prior attachment to his skin-deep beauty… till he caught sight of the nice new skin beneath, which made him forget his aversion, as he looked forward to complete shedding…...

Your irritability is your...

Danny Rand of ‘Iron Fist’ sharing a Zen saying (in episode 1), so he claims. The closest Chinese equivalent I can think of is by 僧璨大师 (Great Master Sengcan) in his《信心銘》(Faith In Mind) – ‘至道无难，唯嫌拣择。但莫憎爱，洞然明白。 ‘ (The supreme path is without difficulties, only...

Wonder if such shoes that look abandoned come from abrupt dumping due to preference for new ones, or generosity to share with others who might want them… or both...

Interestingly, other drivers might think the same of you? Hmmm… If you always expect the world to centre around your preferences, always expect to be disappointed. – #Stonepeace Once you lack equanimity, there is deluded attachment and deluded aversion. –...

Lamentations: Wandering Thought #275: Even if those whom we had good times with do not remember or treasure them like we do, there is absolutely no loss on our part. It is truly their loss, not ours. The good times are still good times in our memories. And the good we did for them is still...

In the musical movie, ‘Into The Woods’, which retells the Cinderella story (among other fairy tales), her shoes got stuck in pitch, as set by Prince Charming, to prevent her from escaping (again), while he is literally at her heels. She then breaks into what I call the ‘shoe...