It’s time to respond to this week’s Six Sentence Stories prompt from GirlieOnTheEdge — and this time the prompt word is KEY.
And since time is so EVANESCENT — M-W’s Word of the Day — and the Ragtag Daily Prompt is GULCH, I’m throwing in responses to these two prompts as well.
TEMPIS FUGIT
“I tell you, my friend, ‘Tempis Fugit’ : that’s the key to understanding and making the most of this life. Time is evanescent, deciduous, fugacious, fleeting, transient…and we who wish for bold adventures must seize the moment and pack it full ‘ere it escapes us forever.”
“So what do you plan to do about it?” his friend asked.
“Ah, therein lies the problem; we may dream but between our desires and our deeds a great GULCH is fixed.”
Seeing his friend looking puzzled, he elaborated: “Gulch…as in canyon, gorge, gulf, flume, ravine, abyss, chasm.”
“You know, pal, if you spent less time studying the dictionary, you’d have lots more minutes to try those bold adventures you’re talking about.”
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Haha! Excellent take
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Thank you. 🙂
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You’re welcome Christine
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So true–great story 😉
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Thanks for reading. Glad you liked it.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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I quite agree, I’d rather be a hodophile than a logophile!
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Thanks for your comment, which I now understand thanks to Google.
Even Merriam-Webster was lost. 😉
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Someone did not skip the ancient Hellenic class!
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He has (or I have) a great thesaurus. 😉
thanks for reading.
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An excellent response encompassing all three prompts!
(with a bonus of two new words… thanking you for gulch and Keith for hodophile)
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Glad you enjoyed my tale. Now, will undertake any bold adventures?
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Bold adventures? Why yes, fictionally, at least!
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Three prompts balanced masterfully…with the added wisdom as a bonus!
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Thank you.
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Ha! Yep, time to walk the talk.
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My tale actually had one last sentence, but when I recounted, I found I had to delete it. Sigh… the ending should be his response to his friend: “But I might get hurt!”
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That character needs to head over to Sadje’s and read up on fear.
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As the sage once said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” He should start with small adventures and build up. 🙂
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Good advice in the end: skip the dictionary and go on those adventures.
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The thought of bold adventure thrills him, but alas! In reality this fellow prefers the safety of words. 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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Hahaha! his friend has a point! 😉
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It’s always easier to dream –and to read– than to venture forth. Thanks for your comment. 🙂
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This very true.
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Watching is far easier, Christine! 😀 It also uses the same amount of time!
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And it’s cheaper, if that counts. 🙂
Thanks for your comment.
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Yep, that’s another thing it has going for it! 😊
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Important, critical, life-changing, key: don’t just read it…DO it!
Clever Six!
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At least make a start. 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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My pleasure
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