My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Cultivating Happiness. Today, C is for Compassion.
She was immobilised by fear when she saw him standing beside her.
Panic gripped her like a suffocating vice.
Two pairs of eyes met, hers like a gazelle cornered by a lion and his dark with understanding.
His smile comforted her deeply despite her trepidation.
And before she knew, it was over.
Damn that tooth.
A Word to the Wise
Be compassionate for yourself and other people. Selflessness is the greatest gift you can give yourself and other people. More compassion leads to more understanding and more smiles around.
You can check out my A-Z posts thus far by clicking on a highlighted letter!
92 Responses
Bless that tooth for the compassion it brought about!
Amen 🙂
That was a twister!! Dentists!! 😀 😀
Glad you liked the twist, Inderpreet 🙂
Dentist! Oh God! 😀
That was a good one, Shilpa. Hihihi…
Thanks Shalini 🙂
Lovely post. God bless that visit which brought compassion. 🙂
Yes, we can do with lots of compassion 🙂
Nooooo!! LOL!!! 🙂
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Yessss 🙂
Why did a dentist have to appear? Such a great twist. Loving your #AtoZchallenge
Dentist… well, for that twist obviously! LOL 😀 Thanks a lot, Emma, glad you liked this one 🙂
OMG! Visits to the Dentist can be scary. So glad that painful tooth could bring out something so good in them 😀
Fantastic twist in the tale.
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Oh, they are good guys actually. It is we who are scared of them. Thanks ME 🙂
Oh, great twist there!
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It’s perfect!! I reached your website through the link above 🙂
Thanks Solveig 🙂
Hahaha.. Nice one! Never thought a dentist would come in the story
Glad you enjoyed the twist, Seeya 🙂
I think this reaction of extreme fear is exaggerated! Dentists aren’t that bad!
Oh, dentists are good people, like the one in this story. It’s our fear of pain that makes us wary of them.
Ooh I didn’t see that coming. Good one Shilpa.
Glad you liked this one, Tulika 🙂
Omigosh. Khoda pahaad nikla dentist. Superb little piece Shilpa 🙂
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Hahaha… that’s a good one, Sunila 🙂
Do u mind sharing your brain?. The twist and then the dentist..superb
LOL 😀 Thanks Ajay, glad you enjoyed reading this 55er 🙂
Great twist to the tale, Shilpa! Loving your 55word stories!
Thank you so much, Esha 🙂
Oh.. Damn that tooth!! Lol..what a good one! Didnt see it coming.
Glad it surprised you, Lata 🙂
Hahaha, what a lovely twist Shilpa! Nice take on Compassion! Cheers 🙂
Thank you, Kala 🙂
oooo…what a twist! lovely!! nice!!
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Thanks Shubhangi 🙂
HAHA.. very nice …
Glad you liked it, Ramya 🙂
I am terrified of dentists and dentistry…. Gosh! Ha ha…. Lovely quote there
Oh, you do!?! Thankfully, I have not visited one as yet! Touch wood 🙂
Ha ha. I didn’t see that coming! Good one Shilpa 🙂
Cheers
Thank you, Geets 🙂
smart lady 🙂 it took me some time to know 🙂 that was a dentist, great shilpa, dalai lama quote any day is an inspiration.
Thank you, Genevive 🙂
I just visited a dentist today, and trust me, dentists are the only people who show compassion to people with crooked teeth and weird smiles!
Loved this post 🙂
Oh you did! Glad your dentist you have a compassionate dentist like the one in this story, Mithila. Thanks 🙂
That was a good twist. Some doctors really do show a lot of compassion towards their patients.
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As patients we definitely need lots of it. Thanks Kadambari 🙂
hahaha takes me back to childhood days.
Hope, you have good memories 😀
Excellent! I’ve always considered dentists to be sadists at heart.
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Oh, you do?! I have never met one, so dont know about that 😀
Thanks Keith 🙂
🙂 he he he he
Nice one SG
Thank you Bikram. It’s good to see you participating for this challenge too 🙂
Didn’t see it coming 🙂 Great post, Shilpa 🙂
Thanks Sulekha 🙂
Nicely done Shilpa 😀 😀
I like that little twist you brought there. Here I was thinking there is a thread to someone’s life and turns out, it is nothing but a tooth. Dental procedures are such a pain 🙁
Haha… gotcha 😀
Oh, they indeed are, I have seen my dad in pain for days together 😐
Oh God! I imagined the worst.
And it was only the Dentist! 😀
LOL 😀 Glad it took you by surprise, Sheethal 🙂
I’m so blessed that I haven’t had the need to go to a dentist till date.
Touch wood!
Touch wood, indeed!
Dentist! God. what a good one Shilpa!
Thanks, Parul 🙂
That was a surprise! Good take, indeed:)
Thank you, Maliny 🙂
I know the feeling exactly! Your writing is very poetic.
Thanks Claire 🙂
Excellent. Must be a good dentist.
Yeah, looks like. Thank you SG!
LOL, that was funny! Dreaded Dentists! 🙂 Double D coming up!
That’s a good caption 😀 Thank you, Deepa 🙂
Woah! I could never have guessed that! Awesome!
Glad you liked the twist, Nibha 🙂
It made me remember my painful visits to the dentists. You connected it so well! 🙂
Aah! You have had bad experiences 😐
Thanks, glad you could relate to it 🙂
Not quite the ending I was expecting. 🙂
Aha! I like that it took you by surprise 🙂
Dentists, I tell you! 😉
They scare you too!?! 😀
hahahhahahahah – you have quite a sense of humour 😆
Thanks, Kalpana. Glad you liked this 55er 🙂
lol….when i read the last line….That’s your signature style Shilpa, the twist at the end. enjoyed reading this and ofcourse the message is strong.
Thanks a lot, Asha. Glad you enjoyed this one 🙂
Oh the dreaded dentist visit!
This was cute 😉