Life stumps

01 Feb 2018

Life stumps

©Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

“Come with me. I want to show you something.” His ice cold hand wiped her tears away and she felt it as a relief on her warm face. She let him take her hand and followed him unquestioning.

“Do you see these stumps?” He pointed at a pile of machine-cut thick stumps lying in a field near the farmhouse. “Imagine the original tree, tall and sturdy. That’s how we enter life. With every passing experience we have, we lose a stump. Becoming wiser all the while. Realise that all that experience we accumulate will be used to light a fire!”

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18 thoughts on “Life stumps”

mcswhispers on February 3, 2018 at 14:13 said:

The point of good writing is to make you think… 😉

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Sandra on February 3, 2018 at 09:57 said:

Very profound. I had to take a moment to reflect on that.

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pennygadd51 on February 2, 2018 at 20:35 said:

The girl is weeping. His hand is ice-cold. She followed him unquestioning. You use 38 of your precious hundred words to say this, so they’re clearly important details.
He sounds like a pretty unpleasant man – personally, I wouldn’t trust him an inch.
The second paragraph gives a very nihilistic message – “All your hard-won experience is actually loss, and will end up being burned”
It sounds to me like an abuser working to undermine the confidence and personality of his victim…
Clever story.

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- mcswhispers on February 2, 2018 at 21:08 said:
  
  It’s all about perspective really… I was going for a more positive tone…
  
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Keith's Ramblings on February 2, 2018 at 16:05 said:

A thought-provoking piece indeed. Nice one.

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- mcswhispers on February 2, 2018 at 21:07 said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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anuragbakhshi on February 2, 2018 at 11:28 said:

What an amazing last line.

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- mcswhispers on February 2, 2018 at 14:54 said:
  
  Glad you enjoyed!
  
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The Urban Spaceman on February 2, 2018 at 10:48 said:

What an insightful message! Thanks for providing a thought-provoking take on the prompt.

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- mcswhispers on February 2, 2018 at 14:53 said:
  
  Thanks for reading!
  
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Dale on February 2, 2018 at 00:01 said:

This is soooooo true…

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- mcswhispers on February 2, 2018 at 08:08 said:
  
  🙂 🙂
  
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Susan A Eames on February 1, 2018 at 23:12 said:

That’s such an interesting premise – thought provoking and beautifully done.

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- mcswhispers on February 2, 2018 at 08:08 said:
  
  Thank you very much!
  
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Jilly Funnell on February 1, 2018 at 21:24 said:

Sad but true. Good story.

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- mcswhispers on February 1, 2018 at 22:16 said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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neilmacdon on February 1, 2018 at 19:53 said:

I loved “Realise that all that experience we accumulate will be used to light a fire!”

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- mcswhispers on February 1, 2018 at 22:17 said:
  
  It’s true, is it not? 😉
  
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