A short story about misplaced assumptions. It can be hard to look at yourself honestly, but it is always worth the effort.
Deliberate Fragments
Take control of your own story. If you don’t, someone else will. The short pieces in Deliberate Fragments might well help you tell it.
(Where an entry has an entry similar to this - ≅ 878 - in the title, that shows its approximate length in words.)
Colour Eyes ( ≅ 456)
There’s colour everywhere, if you look. Noticing what’s around you is simple to do, and makes every day better.
Perhaps A Beggar (≅ 436)
It might not be the first thing you feel, but compassion can beat cynicism, and compassion makes the world better for everyone.
So It Goes
A hard-hitting story about ending up in gaol – a sharp reminder to count the blessings that you do have.
Jack Frost
Even hard winter frosts can have a beauty – which is a reward you can gain simply by seeing what’s there.
Dartmoor Voice (≅ 985)
What if you wanted to re-start you? What would be practical? Considerate? There’s no point in shying away from the issues.
(50 Pauses) So She Left (≅1,483)
Regrets perhaps fall into two categories – avoidable and not-avoidable. The focus should be your relationship to either type – and this is a story about one person’s decisions and how nothing needs to be set in stone.
In A Government Canteen (≅ 723)
Recollections about loneliness. Always remember that how you feel has been felt by others too. And emotions shared are better understood, better coped-with.
