On a table in his hotel room Simon began building a house of cards carefully laying each one next to or on another lest the structure fall showing the futility of his addiction. Meanwhile the full moon rose over the Sea of Galilee sparkling light on calm water.
After he used up all his cards he opened the door to the balcony to breathe in the cool air. He saw the moon, higher now but still beautiful, and he wondered why he wasted his time with those cards.
Coincidental with Simon’s wonder one card in the house he built gave up supporting the others. With a swoosh all of the cards lay flat on the table.
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Denise offers the prompt word “structure” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

I used to make card houses when I was in school.
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I used to make them with my daughter. Thank you, Sadje!
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You’re welcome
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Great story. It does not take much to make them fall.
Shalom!
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They fall very easily. Thank you, Michael!
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Did you take that photo, Frank? How cool to be there!
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Yes, I took the photo. My wife and I were in Israel in September. Except for building the house of cards, which we didn’t do, the story was about us looking at the moonrise over the Sea of Galilee.
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What calm waters under the night sky! It’s easy to imagine it as being just after Christ stilled the stormy waters that caused such fear in His disciples that they woke Him up in terror.
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Apparently even on such small lakes storms can rage. Thank you, Dora!
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Evoked one of my all-time favorite TV series ‘House of Cards’ (both the British and US versions).
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I haven’t seen the show but I’ve heard about it. Card houses are hard to build without them collapsing. Thank you, Doug!
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Nice Six after you being at such a place, Frank.
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Thank you!
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Great six, Frank and the photo is stunning!
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Thank you, Eugenia!
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Most welcome, Frank!
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I was never able to get card houses to work. Good job
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My daughter and I could build then six or seven layers before they collapsed. Thank you, Paul!
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I suspect the house of cards felt outdone by the moon and collapsed to demonstrate their disappointment!
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It must have been a disappoint for those cards to be outdone by a full moon. Thank you, Keith!
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“he wondered why he wasted his time with those cards.”
We all wonder, don’t we? Great Six!
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We spend our time on so many things that we later why we did them at all. Thank you, Susan!
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Stunning photo of an amazing place, Frank.
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Thank you, Jenne!
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The wise man built his house upon the rock…
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A rock is far better than a house of cards.
Good point in your story, Mimi, that a home is better than a palace.
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A contemplative story, Frank, we all build our house of cards, and the universe unfolds as it should.
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Those card houses all fall. Thank you!
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What a romantic photo you took of that full moon over the sea of Galilee.
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It was a romantic moonrise. Thank you, Ford!
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“On this card table I will build my… don’t forget to close the window!”
fun scene/Six
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Just a little breeze is all it takes. When I made such structures with my daughter I am surprised any of them stood for as long as they did. Thank you, Clark!
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Clever parable, Frank
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Thank you, CE Ayr!
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What a photo; what a lesson with the cards all can go flat soon
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Thank you, Jim! What we attempt without the Lord goes nowhere.
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You are right about that
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This was well written and made a powerful statement. Well done, Frank.
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Thank you, Mark!
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