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Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 6 Apr

At present, I have been watching a Chinese drama and the lead actress refers herself as the undying red flower. I got curious and it does exist and it is called 'amaranth.' To cut it short, it can be known as the 'immortal...

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Zen story: The bell rang twice

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 5 Mar

Every morning, in the Zen monastery, the bell would ring twice. Nothing was ever said about why this was being done, but the students thought that it was a call for them to get up for the day, and to do their morning...

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Are You Covetous?

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (91297) • United States 24 Dec

To define covetous, it means longing or desiring another's property or possessions. I always thought covetous meant an insatiable greed for things. Anyway, I remember in school, when learning the ten commandments, one of them...

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TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 17 Dec 24

I wrote this this morning and wanted to share this with you as we enter the last week before Christmas. TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, unwrapped gifts lay stacked with...

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Dream about a Lion

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 13 Dec 24

The other night, I dreamed that I owned a lion. it was a big old African lion, an adult but not very old. It lived in our yard which was fenced in. I got the feeling that the neighbors did not like it. It made a funny noise that...

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‘Okay’ ‘O.k.’ ‘Ok’

Aparajita Bhattacharjee @apsmine9 (358) 28 Feb 24

How many times do we use this word? Is it even a word? In what sense? When we agree with something or someone or we don’t know what to say or how to respond? Or when we exactly mean the opposite to what we are feeling? Or when we...

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Taoism. A few thoughts

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 22 Jan 24

Taoism is mainly double meaning, and yet when it talks about love, there is no double entendre. Here are a few more ideas from Taoism. He who knows, speaks wisely. He who does not know, speaks foolishly. He who never...

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I had a strange dream

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16568) • Philippines 17 Jun 23

I was standing in my room looking outside from my window when I noticed from the distance that the mountains seemed to be coming closer but I disregarded it as I thought my eyes were just playing tricks on me. But when I looked...

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How the Video Changed the Meaning of a Song

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 25 Feb 23

When the song "Take a Drunk Girl Home" sung by Chris Jansen first came out, it became an instant favorite of mine. I had been listening to the song for quite a while. It came out in late 2017. I didn't watch the video until just...

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A white butterfly

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 23 Jan 23

I'm so happy to see a small white butterfly enter my store this morning. I don't see butterflies often now. Usually I see them in the garden 1 or 2 and sometimes it is color yellow. It suddenly come inside my store. I feel so...

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Strange terminology

Fleur @Fleura (35034) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 22

Yesterday we went to a local cinema as a little treat. Haven’t been for quite a while but they had a special offer on so I thought it would make a nice change. They have comfy seats and luxurious milkshakes and it made a nice...

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Memes

Laura @Laurakemunto (13787) • Kenya 25 Aug 22

Memes serve to entertain us alot but again they have some specific meaning they pass across . After laughing on a meme I do analyse it to understand what the author means. Do you do the same? Like this one below it's funny how the...

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Songs Just Hit Different in Your 40's

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 11 Jan 22

The songs I listened to in my teens and twenties, hit different in my forties maybe because time shows the truth in the lyrics. https://youtu.be/AfsS3pIDBfw Jewels song Hands has always had a special place in my heart but...

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She plays with her...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 19 Nov 21

...boyfriend. It sounds double-meaning, right? A 12-year-old teen boy said this with me during the class tonight. The conversation goes like this. Me: Do you have a sister? Student: No, teacher. Me: How about a cousin that is a...

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A short story about the bike riding Rabbi

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 12 Sep 21

Rabbi Anton Grexsnev, used to love to ride his old pushbike around his village, stopping to chat with anybody, who seemed troubled by something. One such day, he was riding along, and he saw an old man, seated under a...

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Why this sites named "myLot"?

Milad Malik @Miladmalik (322) 21 Aug 21

Have you ever wondered why this site has name as myLot? What does it mean? I guess to predict it. In my view, the "my" stands for belonging. Then, lot, is standing for "friends" So myLot is equal with my friend. What do you...

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Short story: Making the right notes is about making the right notes, in both body, and mind.

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 12 Aug 21

Alf Wagman, was getting old, and he kept thinking to himself about the life that he had already lived. He was unhappy with it in a sort of a happy way. He could have done more, he knew, but he could have done a whole lot...

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What do dreams really mean?

ANGEL MAE CASTIL @fujimiya3 (120) 3 Aug 21

I woke up earlier because i was scared that my dream was real. In the dream, my aunt told me that i have a heart disease. It felt real. I remember dreaming about being inside a hospital and my boyfriend telling me that he won't...

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Poetry: The meaning of meaning

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 19 Jul 21

John chased the meaning of meaning, but without ever catching up to any meaning. as he was actually pulling himself, away from his own inner meaning of meaning. [b]Meaning is not a leaning against...

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Quote: 'My ancestral grave is going to smoke'

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 5 May 21

This evening, a bright student shared this quote with me. Let me share her explanation about it. This quote means that whatever we do, our ancestors will be proud of us. Of course, bad things are not counted according to...

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