Love is better — I heard that one time a mountain decided he’d rather be a cockroach. His wife, knowing him completely well, remarked, “You’ve been reading Kafka again, and your German is so bad, you’ve misinterpreted everything.” “No, I haven’t!” he screamed in his mountainous way, “I really do want to be a…

With help from a time traveling goat — I heard that one time Bodhidharma got caught in a traffic jam. He was at the border of China, heading north from India, when a goat, also caught in this traffic jam, simply gave up and went to the back of the line just to see who this odd fellow…

And the danger of mailboxes — One time I decided to train my brain for success! But I gave up just after an hour. The mailman came by and left me a bill from the US Government for $100,000,000! I asked my congressman what was going on?! “We’re sorry, John, but getting your brain to toe…

A vacation story — I heard that one time a mouse decided to go on vacation in Florida. The poor mouse wanted to escape the fierce predator rats in New York City, but the rats followed him all the way to Orlando! “Ha Ha, you stupid rats!” the adventurous mouse chortled. “You don’t realize…

A perplexing travel tale — One time, I heard, 12 tigers decided to go on vacation. They caught a flight to Cuba, where Fidel Castro himself came to meet them at the airport, even though he was just a ghost by then. He gave them, as a gift, a copy of Das Kapital, translated nicely…

Ben Franklin packs his bags — Tomorrow’s the 4th of July. I called Benjamin Franklin on my Subspace Time Link Inverter to see what he was doing . “Not much, John, how are you?” “I’m a little depressed myself these days.” “The experiment isn’t going well?” “Yeah, you guys were right. Democracies do have a time limit, and I’m worried.” “Should…

Bodhidharma’s grandmother told me — When time stops, all that’s left is love, and fierceness beyond the imagination of all beings. _____________________________________________ Non © “John” Lesly Levin 2023

And touch my skin — Do you ever have a rainy day, with clouds so opaque that the Sun must heat them from above? Then coolness will protect you always. _______________________ © “John” Lesly Levin 2023

A little Zen trip with Alice — One time a philosopher decided to become a rabbit. He had tried to go down so many holes with his mind, but none of them had made him happy. When he got down an actual hole in the ground, Lewis Carroll fixed him a cup of tea, and they binge…