She was standing two feet away from me. As the escalator was going up, I turned my head to the right and noticed. The lady, around 50-ish, does not have a left hand. All she had was a smooth stump that ended her wrist. I tried hard not to look. But my curiosity got the better [...]
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After spending more than 12 hours cleaning, sorting through clothes, books, CDs, cosmetics (to keep, give or throw away?) yesterday, I hit the bed at the unholy hour of 1 am today with muscles throbbing and with so little strength left that all I managed to utter as a prayer was, “Lord, I am so [...]
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“Your attitude of kindness and generosity, especially to your lola, is remarkable.”
“What a responsible and wise man you have become. I praise God for you.”
These are just two of the compliments I have dished out lately, yesterday and today, respectively, to be exact. The first one, said to a friend who paid for his lola’s [...]
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It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince).
Just a few nights ago, a friend and I chatted about how we’ve both come to this point in our lives when [...]
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