Dirty Dishes Parable

Dirty Dishes Parable is a story first and a lesson second. That order matters; we swallow stories and choke on lessons.

Do not ask whether the story happened. Ask whether it happens. That is the only test a parable needs to pass.

At the bus stand in a small town, goodbyes are long and arrivals are loud. Both are correct. A life is measured by how seriously it takes each.

In the end, life asks only whether we were awake while it happened. Carry it lightly. Ideas, like umbrellas, are useful only when actually opened.