One Minute Writer: Today's Prompt - Stone

Sitting on the edge of the fountain, pondering life, I see something glittering in the water.  I lean in to take a closer look, then reach into the tepid water and wrap my fingers around the sparkling unknown.  My hand retreats from the water.  I unwrap my fingers one at a time to unveil the treasure they hold, a stone with amethyst like hues.

3WW: Naughty / Tactic / Zenith

She sat, beginning her daily meditation

Thinking of her childhood

The times when she was naughty

The tactics she used to get out of trouble

 

Now gown up

Having learned the art of meditation

She hopes to reach the point of zenith

The Infamous Resolution (Three Word Wednesday: Demolish / Resolution / Transform)

The Infamous Resolution

Every year we intend to make that New Year's resolution that we'll keep, in the hope that it will transform ourselves from being the person we were the year before.  But, do we ever really make a realistic resolution that we can keep for the next 365 days, or has making a resolution become more of a "routine" for the sake of something to do on the first day of the New Year.  This year it is time to demolish this annual tradition of "wants"; it is time for each of us to learn to be happy with our lives and who we are, and change the things that need to be changed as and when they arise.