1. She tried not to judge him.

His ratty clothes and unkempt

hair made him look homeless. Was he really the next
Einstein as she had been told? On the off chance it was
true, she continued to try not to judge him.

2. She sat in the darkened room waiting. It was now a

standoff. He had the power to put her in the room, but not
the power to make her repent. It wasn't fair and no matter
how long she had to endure the darkness, she wouldn't
change her attitude. At three years old, Sandy's stubborn
personality had already bloomed into full view.

3. Don't be scared. The things out there that are unknown

aren't scary in themselves. They are just unknown at the
moment. Take the time to know them before you list them
as scary. Then the world will be a much less scary place
for you.

4. The chair sat in the corner where it had been for over 25
years. The only difference was there was someone
actually sitting in it. How long had it been since someone
had done that? Ten years or more he imagined. Yet there
was no denying the presence in the chair now.

5."Begin today!" That's all the note said. There was no

indication from where it came or who may have written it.
Had it been meant for someone else? Meghan looked
around the room, but nobody made eye contact back. For
a brief moment, she thought it might be a message for her
to follow her dreams, but ultimately decided it was easier
to ignore it as she crumpled it up and threw it away.
 6. It was just a burger. Why couldn't she understand that?
She knew he'd completely changed his life around her
eating habits, so why couldn't she give him a break this
one time? She wasn't even supposed to have found out.
Yes, he had promised her and yes, he had broken that
promise, but still in his mind, all it had been was just a
burger.

7. He wondered if he should disclose the truth to his friends.

It would be a risky move. Yes, the truth would make things
a lot easier if they all stayed on the same page, but the
truth might fracture the group leaving everything in even
more of a mess than it was not telling the truth. It was time
to decide which way to go.

8. The wolves stopped in their tracks, sizing up the mother

and her cubs. It had been over a week since their last
meal and they were getting desperate. The cubs would
make a good meal, but there were high risks taking on the
mother Grizzly. A decision had to be made and the wrong
choice could signal the end of the pack.

9. He watched as the young man tried to impress everyone

in the room with his intelligence. There was no doubt that
he was smart. The fact that he was more intelligent than
anyone else in the room could have been easily deduced,
but nobody was really paying any attention due to the fact
that it was also obvious that the young man only cared
about his intelligence.
10.The wave crashed and hit the sandcastle head-on. The
sandcastle began to melt under the waves force and as
the wave receded, half the sandcastle was gone. The next
wave hit, not quite as strong, but still managed to cover
the remains of the sandcastle and take more of it away.
The third wave, a big one, crashed over the sandcastle
completely covering and engulfing it. When it receded,
there was no trace the sandcastle ever existed and hours
of hard work disappeared forever.