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"Young and Foolish" and Other Mini Stories on Wisdom and Life

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   Mini Stories on Wisdom and Life “Young and Foolish” “I want to become young and foolish once again”, she told him. “Young and foolish? Everyone wants to be young again but why do you want to be foolish?”, he smiled. “Because I was young and wise. I only made mistakes and hardly made blunders . I have nothing to regret in my old age”, she joked. “Now I understand”, he began to laugh. ----------------------- "Swaying from one Extreme to Another" "Master what is the most important thing in life?", he asked the master. "Humanity is often bipolar in its behavior. People keep swaying between love and hatred, euphoria and depression, grudge and guilt and so on. The most important thing is to strive for balance as long as you live", he replied. "And how does one find balance when your own mind gives you foolish advice at times", he asked the master. "Inner imbalance reflects in outer imbalance. Breathe deeply to think wisely. ...

"Style wins over Substance" and Other Stories on Wisdom and Life

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  Mini Stories on Wisdom and Life "Style wins over Substance" "What is more important in your view- style or substance?", she asked him. "I am not a Guru. I can share my experience only. Perception is the only reality because most of the people look at the surface. Only few have the wisdom to dig deep. Therefore style often wins over substance", he shared the gist of his experience. "I am in a profession which focuses on style. Yet I have more substance than style", she continued. "When substance develops style, it becomes unbeatable like you. I used to sing for you- I am in love with you I like your style", he replied. "So men fall in love with style not substance? And I don't have substance perhaps?", she asked. "I had seen your 'style' only in those days. Now I need to add 'substance' to the song's lyrics", he smiled. --------------------------------- "Unless" "T...

"You are Made up of Lights and Stars" and Other Stories on Wisdom and Life

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"Of Lights and Stars" "Oh WOW you look so soulful in this photo as if", he said and paused. He liked creating mystery and suspense. "Ahaan as if what", she sounded restless for sure. Nothing troubles a woman as much as an incomplete compliment does. "As if you are not made up of flesh and blood. As if you are made up of lights and stars", he continued. "You know the art of complimenting so very well", she replied shyly. Brimming with joy inside. Trying hard to hide her smile outside. ----------------------------- Sweeter than Solitude "It seems every handsome hunk already has a girlfriend and every beautiful girl already has a boyfriend. I am the only idiot around who is single", she told her cousin. "You know you can never find the right relationship under peer pressure and competition. You first have to love yourself and then find someone who is sweeter than your solitude. Someone who...

"Noisy Mind is your Untold Story" & Other Stories

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Mini Stories on Wisdom and Life "Noise is your untold story" "Why so much noise is there in my mind? Why my mind is so cluttered with thoughts? I feel as if I am swimming in chaos O' master", she was overwhelmed with clutter of thoughts. "Noise is the untold story. You keep suppressing pain and don't share. You fear becoming vulnerable and people taking undue advantage. You are scared of deeply personal pain getting leaked to unwanted people. All fear and pain has turned into noise and clutter. Noise is nothing but your untold story", master was wise in real sense of the term. She determined to find peace, deep peace which she deserved. She decided to share her untold stories to strangers and closest friends. And thus began her journey to Nirvana...... ------------------------------ Heart to Heart. Mind to Mind "I prefer heart to heart relationships in personal life. But some people use only mind. And some people start with th...

"Successful = Super Human" and Other Stories of Wisdom

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Mini Stories on Wisdom Successful = Super Human? "Is a successful person supposed to act superhuman or godly?", she asked him. "What happened? You look pretty flustered", he replied. He paused, smiled and then added, "Actually you look pretty inspite of being flustered." "Even if I am in a bad mood, I am quickly branded as arrogant because success supposedly makes people arrogant", she sounded irritated. "Stay cool man. Those who matter don't mind. Those who mind don't matter. Even small actions of successful people are observed closely. Be humble but there is no need to act superhuman. After all you have become successful and not enlightened", he knew how to cheer her up. ------------------------------ Story is the Bond "So you think the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is more beautiful", she asked him. "In a way yes. Story is the bond", he answ...

"Enlightenment is an Accident" and Other Stories on Wisdom

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Mini Stories on Wisdom    "Enlightenment is an Accident" "I want to be accident prone, so that one day I can meet with the accident.", she told him. "Have you gone bonkers once again? Or you are too intelligent for me the ordinary mortal", he looked hapless. "Why do you take a high jump to conclusions? You need to coach and train your idiotic mind. Enlightenment is an accident and meditation makes you accident prone. Now will 'Your Highness' permit me to be accident prone?" she smiled. He blushed and felt like a true idiot. ------------------------------- Of Success & Mixed Feelings "Success is the funniest and weirdest of all the life experiences. When you finally get it, you begin to wonder whether it was worth it", she was thinking out loud. She patted herself on her shoulders for all the hurdles she had crossed successfully. She felt self-empathy for all those moments when she had fiercely held all those tears...

"You are my Magic" and Other Stories on Empathy

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  Mini Stories on Empathy “You need to be listened to” “Why do you get angry so fast? Don’t you over react about trivial issues?” he asked her. “Is it so? Never really thought about it. I think my parents were too busy with their own problems.” she replied. “Is the anger directed against your parents? Or there is a deeper need or an unexpressed emotion.” he asked her gently. “Can you tell me what that unexpressed emotion is, in your view? Or should I do a deeper introspection?” she felt the need for an introspection. “I think it is your need for being listened to. It seems there was nobody to listen to you, when you wanted to share your feelings.” he told her affectionately. “I think you have hit the nail right on the head.” she replied with a vibrant look. She was fortunate to find an answer to a question which was actually yet to surface. --------------------------------- You are My Magic" "To be honest, I have started feeling 'J' Of late, I have bee...

"Inner or Outer Villains, You are still "The Hero" of the Story" and Other Mini-Stories

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Mini Stories on Wisdom and Life A Note-Stories that touch the soul of your soul The paradox is, the more emotionless a society becomes, the more emotion its creative output carries. After all, what we are missing in real life, we begin to search in our films, our songs, our stories, our art..... Looking forward to touch you deeper with our stories, stories that make you dance, laugh and cry, stories that release your emotional blocks, stories that carry high energy, be it inspirational romance or spiritual stories, be it imagination gone wild or be it utopia right in front of you. Stories that touch you so much that you wish you were the hero or shero of the story. Stories that shake your beliefs, stories that inspire you to rise from the ashes once again and write a fresh new story of your life. Stories that make us human once again, once more.....whether for few moments, whether forever. --------------------------- "And then there are emotional rocks hiding in tort...