It never took a lot to make her happy. But of late, it seemed like the only few things that would make her sad were resurfacing and stealing her joy. With her heart heavy with tears, she looked over the moon’s reflection glowing in the pond. Just then, a cool wind embraced her. As the water formed ripples before her, she closed her eyes. “Peace,” she whispered to herself, “I need peace.” At that moment in time, she seemed so small, so insignificant, so useless and yet so bogged down fulfilling life’s demands. “How could it be that in this world there are so many people and yet not one…,” she thought, shaking her head.
She had changed. She wasn’t the same girl that people knew. However, no one realized because they were too busy with their own lives. Heck, she almost forgot about herself in the mix of things. But this place – this place was special to her because it always reminded her of one thing. And it always happened without fail. It was soon time. The sun slowly started to rise and like a child, also began zealously and frantically painting the world to its heart’s content. Her heart was, if not heavier than before, just as burdened. However, one thing was different. So used to looking down at her feet, she noticed something that she seemed to have overlooked these past few weeks. And at that point, hope sustained her for awhile longer…
