• Creative writing,  Prompts

    A word of praise.

    While at the College food court, the cashier on seeing my ink-splattered hands, gave me paper napkins to wipe with, even before I thought of asking for it. I got excited and ran to my friend, ‘Guess what?! He gave me these without me asking for them !’ (Looking back at it now, it looks like a very silly reason to get excited about!)   My friend replied, “Oh dear, I love it how you find joy in the simplest of things!”   I was startled by the comment. Finding joy in the simple things – Such a phrase had not entered in my thought process until then. I was…