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Short Mythical Story : Perfect Balance

by Tom Evans

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Just imagine if your life was so perfectly in balance, the most perfect gifts came your way each day. This short story is inspired by Key 11: Justice: in the Major Arcana of the Tarot. When all is perfectly poised, your prince, or princess, will come.

BalanceDecision MakingFairy TaleJusticeTarotFairy Tale ElementsNature VisualizationsPrincesPrincessesVisualizations

Transcript

Key 11.

Perfect Balance.

The frog sat on the lily pad,

Unaware of the balance of forces keeping him there.

The curvature of the pad displaced just enough volume of water to buoy up the combined weight of the pad and the frog.

The balance was so fine that the surface tension of the water also came into play.

The frog always sat on that particular leaf because it seemed to be on the insect's flight path.

All he had to do was lash out his tongue and he'd get a meal.

He was also only three kicks of his strong back legs away from the shore where his favourite females hung out.

The frog,

You see,

Only had ever to make two choices.

Should he eat or should he reproduce?

That day for some reason he had ignored every fly that buzzed past him and the croaks of potential mates on the bank.

He just sat there and waited.

In the bushes,

The princess had been sitting watching the frog for an hour.

She saw him just sitting and glistening in the sun.

She saw that he didn't move once and eat a single insect.

She knew it had to be the one,

So she took off her shoes and waded into the water.

When a large shape entered the water and loomed towards it,

The frog normally only had one choice.

And that was to hop off the lily pad and swim away.

He chose to stay.

This convinced the princess even more that she'd made the right choice as she bent down over the frog to kiss him.

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Recent Reviews

Beverly

April 21, 2025

A heart warming story! Brought so much joy! ๐Ÿคฉ Thank you so much Tom โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ’šโœจ๐Ÿ’š

Susan

June 6, 2022

Tom, this is so cute ! I had a big smile on my face listening to this ๐Ÿ˜Š. โค๐Ÿ™

Brenda

June 26, 2020

Iโ€™ve gotta listen to the other โ€œshortsโ€ now...this was cute...and somehow thought provoking in its simplicity!

Neet

December 8, 2019

Ah yes, finely balanced and yet open to changeโ€ฆ thank you again for this Tom. Beautiful, thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿพ๐ŸฆฎJana

October 31, 2019

And? Lol. Funny guy you are Tom. Thank you for this. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŒท๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

Gail

October 31, 2019

Incredible as usual. Thank you

KL

October 30, 2019

Lovely-made me smile.

Judith

October 30, 2019

Lovely, charming, thoughtful stories๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŒท. Thank you, Tom๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Bine

October 7, 2019

Interesting story! Got me thinking... am I the frog or the princess ๐Ÿ˜„

Suzanne

October 4, 2019

Always waiting for the next chapter ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’•

Becca

September 25, 2019

Yay! A frog meditation! ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿ‘‘

Catherine

September 23, 2019

Thanks, Tom๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐ŸปWhen everything is in the right balance, life flows, and magic happens...

Roz

September 23, 2019

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Lynda

September 22, 2019

Excellent story! Thank you โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿ’Ÿ๐Ÿ•‰

Janis

September 22, 2019

I'll be honest, I was invested in the story... I wanted to hear MORE! ๐Ÿ˜‚โค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’ข๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŒŸโœจ

Kate

September 22, 2019

Do something different today, magical things could happen.โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Patricia

September 22, 2019

So cute yet so deep

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