A selection of meditations on important aspects of life.
Ben sat and waited. The bus was not running according to time as usual and so he had no choice. He was starting to get a bit apprehensive as he didn’t like being late for college, but things were out of his hands. So, he waited. As he meditated on the previous day’s football, a […]
Read More →Aurelius breathed in deeply and girded himself for one last push. He had been on the way to the local agora and was nearly there. The caseus that he had slavishly, but lovingly made were wearing him down. Caseus weren’t so light you know, especially when they were the well matured kind. In any case, […]
Read More →Ben felt his heart pound as he moved swiftly along. The reason for the pounding was twofold. There was the obvious breathlessness caused by physical effort. He was in a hurry to not be late for his meeting. However, there was something more. The said meeting could be described as a rendezvous and thus Ben, […]
Read More →Ben sat eagerly awaiting. He was struggling to communicate in a meaningful way to his Asian companion who sat alongside him. Neither of them was very fluent in the same language, which is of course a problem in conversation, however they had been muddling along as best they could in a combination of broken English […]
Read More →Sometimes in life we are confronted with challenging circumstances. One time in Romania I was at a Bible class. The teacher was American and the person translating approached me during the break to inform me that he needed to go somewhere and asked me, being an English speaker, if I would translate after the break. […]
Read More →‘Здравствуйте! Могу ли я заинтересовать вас в личностном тесте? Бен прогуливался только по Хай-стрит во второй половине дня и, конечно, не искал какой-либо глубокой внутренней ретроспективы. Однако солидный мужчина средних лет, стоявший перед ним, не выглядел так, будто не собирался принимать ответ «нет». «Это займет всего двадцать минут, и это абсолютно бесплатно», – настаивал мужчина. […]
Read More →One time I was at a camp in Romania by the mountains. We were staying at a holiday cabin in a tiny village. To get to where some of the people were staying, it was necessary to take a short walk. While walking one morning, I noticed that to my left in the field there […]
Read More →‘Hello! Can I interest you in a personality test?’ Ben had only been out for an afternoon stroll along the High Street and certainly hadn’t been looking for any deep internal retrospection. However, the solid, middle aged man who was now standing before him didn’t look like he was going to take no for an […]
Read More →It seemed like the much-anticipated moment had finally arrived. Ben spied out of the corner of his eye a figure moving towards him. It didn’t take much for him to realise that it was Nina. She was a tall, dark haired young lady of much beauty. Ben speculated that it wouldn’t be long until she […]
Read More →Summer camp wasn’t exactly Ben’s favourite activity of the year. He took a deep breath, trying to summon the energy to confront some of the young campers from his group as they ran riot. ‘Hey, get down from there!’ he called to a little terror as he did his literal Fiddler on the Roof impression. […]
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