My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Cultivating Happiness. Today, M is for Mindfulness.
“Don’t do this, Cassie”, he said fervently. “Don’t just walk away from us.”
“Please understand me. It breaks my heart too, but we have to say goodbye”, she said with sadness in her eyes.
“Do you owe me an explanation?”, he asked resignedly.
“Yes, I do”, she answered calmly, “I can’t have imaginary friends anymore.”
A Word to the Wise
Be conscious and aware of who you are and what you are doing. Be conscious and aware of the people around you and the world you are living in. Introducing more awareness into your life will help you bring about positive change you seek and desire.
You can check out my A-Z posts thus far by clicking on a highlighted letter!
29 Responses
I love your theme! And mindfulness is so important in being happy. I love the quote “Don’t worry about what you cannot change, for you cannot change it; don’t worry about what you can change, just change it.” I think it was either Confucius or Siddartha that said it not sure.
What a twist. Loved the 55-er 🙂
Love your choice of topic for letter ‘M’.
“Be conscious and aware of who you are and what you are doing. Be conscious and aware of the people around you and the world you are living in. Introducing more awareness into your life will help you bring about positive change you seek and desire.”
Absolutely! I really love reading 55 words from you. Each one is so unique from the other one!!!
Wise advice indeed. SO often we do things without thinking .
That was so unexpected! So difficult to weave interest in so few words! Lovely dear lady!
@KalaRavi16 from
Relax-N-Rave
Thanks Shilpa! Imaginary friend as in illusion? And letting go of that – wise words in few words – a skill indeed 🙂
Good one. Consciousness brings you closer to self. It’s the first great step to have a life of choice.
A lot of focus is on mindfulness and its benefits these days…Great Flash fiction Shilpa….
A very important and useful advice.
Wow, this one took me by surprise 🙂
Sudha from
Everyday Muse
Woaaah what? :O
Imaginary friends and mindfulness. Hmm.
Maybe Cassie needed to be a little more aware about her real life friends 🙂
Living in the moment mindfully is the key.loved this post.
This is wow ! post shilpa, you have spoken words of wisdom.. so important to be mindful ..
Ooo.. That was different… We really need to be more conscious of our surroundings!
Cheers
I am loving these little twists in all your stories, lovely 🙂 Sometimes it is fun to have imaginary friends to talk to, they don’t indulge in gossip 🙂
Surprise ending there. 🙂 Imaginary friends are better than none.
I wasn’t expecting that ending!
Loved your theme and loved this little gem of a story ! Wonderful !
oo that ending is brilliant!! loved the twist!! 😀
A Whimsical Medley
Twinkle Eyed Traveller
good one
all the very best for the rest of the challenge
I am trying to practice mindfulness and be conscious of what i do. Still a work in progress for me, Shilpa. But when i am mindful and do things, it surely leaves me happy.
As always, you play with words wisely. you are a word smith!