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short stories

  • The Boy Who Thought He Was a Tree

    A young boy, upon finding two leaves in the backyard, rushed inside, arms outstretched, holding one leaf in each hand."I am a tree!" he exclaimed, hopping from foot to foot.The ...

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Too often we crave the extraordinary in life, without even learning how to cherish the ordinary first. Friend, I promise you this: if you can learn to take joy in the simple mundane things in life, the extraordinary will take care of itself, it'll be on its way, hurrying towards you. But if you skip the first part, it'll ever evade you.
— Arcticus