Short Story: The old armchair philosopher, who died happy
@innertalks (20967)
Australia
April 5, 2021 1:51am CST
Andre Hoplerton, was an old man, who lived on his own, but who often had many visitors calling in on him, multiple times a day.
He would listen to them, and then espouse some of his wisdom of advice to them.
He was known in his town, as the, "armchair philosopher."
He would give new insight to every person he spoke too, and people could not work out how such an old man could continue to always find such wonderful new insights for all of these people every day.
He gave fresh perspective, in uniquely new novel ways, that always reached into the heart of the matter, in such a way, that it brought the other person back into their own hearts too.
The old man always knew what to say, and he always said it in the right way.
He seemed to have a connection into the lifeline of God's wisdom itself.
And so old Andre went on issuing such advice for many years, until he died.
He died happy, as he had made so many others happy too.
Not knowing breaks apart into knowing, when the wise person hits it with his wisdom, in the right spot.
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Old Andre had a wise old face, which dispersed wisdom to all he audienced with.
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@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
5 Apr 21
Thanks. I am glad you liked my short story.
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@Shiva49 (26187)
• Singapore
5 Apr 21
Some are gifted like that, full of wisdom that benefits others, to give a new insight that hitherto was alien to them.
Obviously, he was contented that he could touch so many lives positively.
Making others happy is the simplest way to be happy and even die happy as this armchair philosopher exemplified.
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@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
5 Apr 21
Nicely stated, siva.
Yes, we all like to see others happy, I think.
I used to like seeing my dog happy, when it was eating something that it liked.
I liked to buy its favourite treat for it every so often, as I expect a lot of parents do too, with their children.
@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
6 Apr 21
@Shiva49 Yes, pets are seldom wet blankets, if at all.
Yes, that's true, someone always has to do the background work, even in apple picking, crop growing, etc. etc. etc. Things rarely happen of themselves.
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@Shiva49 (26187)
• Singapore
6 Apr 21
@innertalks I have also seen a few who were like a wet blanket. When they make their appearance, there is a pall of gloom as they tend to find fault everywhere, with everyone, except themselves of course. In a way like they enjoy such ways.
Pets are easy to please. I tried to meet my son's demands but reminded him that nothing comes easy. The cow gives us milk but someone has to milk it!
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@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
5 Apr 21
Yes, and sadly, we are losing this type of a person, personally interacting with people like this, but, to some degree, these online platforms, do provide an outlet for such wisdom pools to run living water towards others that need it too.
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@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
6 Apr 21
Yes, thanks. Some people have wisdom and are good at putting it into words, as well, in wise ways also.
Others, with wisdom, can sometimes find it hard to find the right words to explain themselves by.
Sometimes, it is hard to put the highest knowings into words.
@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
6 Apr 21
@Shiva49 I have ideas in my head, but then when I speak them out, sometimes, I assume stuff, and do not explain my ideas fully, and then when somebody wants me to further explain in great detail, I also am sorry that I stated my ideas at all.
I just put it out their for casual discussion, not really wanting to give a sermon, or a lecture, or a disposition, as to why I hold those ideas.
I did not want to have to take the time to further explain. Either they were with me, or they were not. Either they got it right away, or they did not.
I do not like spreading my ideas so thinly so that others can see the holes in my ideas, I suppose, but then, I do not like others not accepting my ideas but just attacking them and wanting me to fully justify them, when for me, they are just here today, and perhaps gone tomorrow.
If we need to dot every "i" for someone, they probably could not still understand our ideas either, even if we did so just for them. They have no eyes of their own to dot any such "i's" at all.
@Shiva49 (26187)
• Singapore
6 Apr 21
@innertalks Some bottle up their wisdom thinking any effort will resonate with "casting pearls before swine".
The stage is often held by the garrulous.
One of my friends told me he is mostly silent as speaking up ends up him having to put out the fire from misunderstandings.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
6 Apr 21
Once in this world we listened to our elders. we have lost that sadly.
I won't hop on my orange crate and complain. The world is different now.
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@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
6 Apr 21
Yes, most of us do not really listen to anyone, or to anything these days, except for the sound of our own trumpets.
The "me" first approach these days, and the idea to find our "real" self, leads us to first playing our trumpet, and then to moving onto our drums.
Whatever we do, we want to make as much noise as possible, while we are doing it, and to make others sit up and listen, to our non-music too.
As Jesus Christ said, our real music is usually found in the peace and quietness of our own closets, as he put it, and usually can be found nowhere else.
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@innertalks (20967)
• Australia
7 Apr 21
@Shiva49 My budgies have no trouble doing it, so much of the trouble that we have we make for ourselves.
We bury ourselves in knowledge, instead of growing ourselves from it.
@Shiva49 (26187)
• Singapore
7 Apr 21
@innertalks All out knowledge explosion - tough to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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