I wrote in one of my smorgasbord style 14 minute reads: "Highlights are nice, but responses make my day, yet even a very nice response can prove perfunctory. I can tell the difference now between a response given because the fellow writer feels the need to provide support, versus truly meaningful engagement....I realized a few days later when reading a story by the complimenter that touched on narcissism, that while he meant so well in engaging with me at that level, he completely missed the point of my story, or he disagreed with it, as he wrote something completely contradictory [in his own story][I think he (Spyder) fully missed the point of my story].

Politely disagree with me by all means — healthy exchange of differing opinions helps both minds. Perfunctory politeness yields just fleeting happiness."

The title and subtitle of that story is "Waxing Tanka About Home, and finding serenity in the perspective of the shortness of life" and in case you don't want to read the full chicken soup for the soul story, here is the tanka that one would have to get half way through the story to find:

I miss you so much

Don’t worry beautiful soul

Third always “sees” you;

As we reside in my heart

I am always home with you

The poem was inspired by a Dr Fatima Imam poem and a Diana prompt about home is where the heart is.

Here's the full story if you ever have the time to read it: https://medium.com/technical-excellence/waxing-tanka-about-home-5344f8581e1a