Tag: patience

Super Short Story (133): Table She stood near the almost done table, looking impatient while waiting to take over, while…

He doesn’t answer the door if unexpected visitors ring the bell only once, taking it to mean that the visitor…

S: Sometimes, the most agreeable teacher is the worst [or least appropriate] – because you learn nothing new from him…

Q: Why do the Angry Birds hurl themselves at others? A: Because when you’re angry, you become irrational, hurting yourself…

Question: How do be straightforward, yet not curt? And how to be direct, yet not hurt? Answer: Simple – say…

Please don’t mistaken you are lovely because you think you have lovely hair, for hair is but dead cells. Please…

Seeing an old man walking slowly, holding up the walkway, I hope I will never hold anyone up similarly. Yet,…

We should avoid harsh speech unless it is really needed to wake up another (with good intentions), while we should…

A Tit for a Tat (170) Tit: Why not do it now? Tat: Soon! Tit: Yeah right… but never any…

We missed watching “The Unwinking Gaze” earlier due to our heavy work schedule. A friend had lent the DVD to…

The Six Perfections (Paramitas) are essential qualities to be practised and perfected for the realisation of True Happiness (Buddhahood; Nirvana;…

A Tit for a Tat (73) Part 1 Tit: Thank you. Tat: Huh? Are you being sarcastic? Tit: Thank you……

A Tit for a Tat (68) Tit: Do I owe him a debt of negative karma, to have to tolerate…

A Tit for a Tat (66) Tit: I don’t have enough strength or patience! Tat: Why not train your strength…

A Tit for a Tat (59) Tit: Why are you like that? I can’t stand it! Tat: It’s only because…

A Tit for a Tat (47) Tit: Tell me my character. Make it quick! Tat: Impatient! Tit: Not more than…

Demand email: Please hand-deliver so-and-so as attached immediately! Reply to email: To… ? (Two days lapse before demander reads and…

A Tit for a Tat (35) Tit: Just to let you know, in case you are losing patience with him……

While on a cab with two colleagues to AMK Hub after today’s Pure Land class, we were chatting among ourselves…

The Wonderful Dharma of the Daruma Doll Hi ni! fu ni! Fundan Daruma ga Akai zukin kaburi sunmaita! Once! twice!…