Of course they are insignificant to others. However these are things my life is made of.
These little things may not be worthy of mention to you even but then my life is a life of the little man.
I find great comfort in being small. My life is orderly and predictable. It is low in uncertainty and surprises.
Compare [to life] the life I previously had, this is bliss. Maybe to some this is a boring life. I however look at my life as a permanent vacation.
I have all the entertainments that I need. I even have the luxury of time.
What does a person need anyway? If you look at it, people normally buy the same stuff. A house, a car, food, clothes and some form of entertainment. The degree varies but it's the same categories of things.
Well, I got it all and now I find joy in reducing.
What is the real joy then? Nothing more than being mentally and physically active.
To be mentally active, I write.
I need to be physically active.
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I wonder, what motivates you, Sarah. Do you fancy my life now? What's the reason you keep coming back? These are questions I can never find the answer to.
Honey, we are really an odd couple. Well, this is a fulfilling relationship to me. Otherwise I won't be missing my sleep just to talk to you.
My frustration is I am running out of things to write. Do you think if I am physically active, I am more creative?
How about I start writing a fiction? Or you rather I ramble about whatever in my mind and just freeflow with my thoughts? Already I wrote enough about out of the world stuff.
I think I just ramble. I am not cut to write a fiction. I don't see a storyline developing.
Let me try:
Once upon a time, there was this unreal but beautiful princess named Sarah. She lived in a kingdom high above the clouds.
Everyday Princess Sarah will venture into the woods next to her huge palace looking for toads. Unknowing to the king, Sarah believed that if she kissed the right toad, it will become a handsome prince and they will fall in love and live happily ever after.
And so everyday Princess Sarah went to the woods to look for toads. Everytime she came across a toad, she will catch it and with heart full of hope kissed the toad. Well, all the toads she kissed were ordinary toads. None of them turned into a handsome prince.
Then, one fine day, a traveler dropped by her palace. He had been traveling for a long time and he had seen many places.
"Grant me some food and I will grant you anything that you desire," said the weary traveler.
So Princess Sarah made him a bowl of Korean Ramen and served it with some leftover Kyochon Chicken Wings.
"You are too kind my fair lady," said the traveler.
"Tell me o kind sir, is it true that you can grant me anything that I desire?" Said Princess Sarah impatiently.
"It is true sweet damsel, for I am really a wizard in disguise," said the traveler.
"Then tell me where can I find a toad that can turn into a prince?"
The traveler suddenly stopped eating and stared blankly at her.
"That is a very odd request," said the traveler. "Are you sure you don't want anything else?" He queried.
Princess Sarah was so determined that she was almost in tears.
"Oh kind sir, please tell me where I can this toad, I had been searching for one my entire life," said Princess Sarah
"Very well, if you insist... What you need to do is follow the path towards the east. Keep on walking until you come to [the] the point where east meets west. There will be a tiny pond where the water is the color of the sun. There you will find a poisonous toad with only 3 limbs.
"How am I supposed to kiss it if the toad is poisonous and what good is a prince who is a cripple?" said Princess Sarah sadly.
"Ah, my child. This toad happened to be an enchanted toad. Only a person with a heart of gold can overcome the poison that it contained," said the traveler.
Soon after the traveler bid farewell and departed.
Princess Sarah was dumbfounded. She doesn't know what to do. At the same time this was her wish came true.
After some thinking, she decided to proceed with her quest.
The next day, while everybody was sleeping, she began with her journey towards the east. Days become weeks and weeks become months. Finally she reached the said place.
There everything was barren. Beside a wide open space and rows upon rows of boulders there was nothing.
In between the boulders there was this pond, crimson in color due to the property of the sand containing it.
After looking for a while, she found sitting on one of the rock was the 3 limbs toad. It was not much of a sight. The toad could be easily passed as a rock at a first glance.
At first Princess Sarah was doubtful if this was her destiny but at the same time she had set her heart to find her prince charming. Without much hesitation Princess Sarah slowly kissed the toad's head. After she did that she felt terrified that she might die from the poison.
And so she waited.
Suddenly she noticed that the missing limb started to grow again on the toad.
"Truly this is and enchanted toad!" She exclaimed. Still the toad remained a toad.
She wondered why. Then [] (she) remembered that she need to have a heart of gold. The only way she can show her kindness was to wet the toad's body with water. So she scooped some water from the pond and let it run on the toad's back.
As if a switch was turned on, the toad started to glow and expand. Little by little it took a form of a human being.
Finally laying in front of her was a full grown naked man. She took her shawl to cover his groin.
After the metamorphosis completed and the man was fully conscious, he started to speak.
"Thank you for you kindness. I was once a rich and powerful king but because of my wrongdoings I was cursed by a powerful wizard to become a 3 limbs toad. Being a toad was hard enough but as a cripple toad life was horrendous.
"I never thought I will ever recover. Who would expect for me to be rescued from this god forsaken place with such a stringent term?"
"My dear sir, destiny had met us together. I believe nothing happened by chance. All my life I had been kissing toads never to expect to find my true love is an enchanted poisonous toad," replied Princess Sarah.
And so they decided to get married and to continue staying there. Turned out the pond was full of gold and they don't even need to mine it. Because of that they named the place the Golden Pond. The king decided to live a simple life while Princess Sarah was happy enough that she didn't have to kiss toads ever again.
The End.
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OK honey, your lullaby:
I had a good time tonight. I hope you enjoy my story my Roxalana. I love you so much Sarah.
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