The Drawer

The sky was dark.

Thousand times I’ve thought. What is this world? Why are we here? What is our main purpose? What do we have to do to make it better? What if we had a key so powerful to open up the gates of heaven and bringing God nearer to us? Then, let me share a story that I’ve dreamed of and always wanted to write it down to make it happen.

She was beautiful. She was something of a different beauty. She had the best smile like flowers blossoming in the daylight leaving behind a trail of exquisiteness. Her body was a lit up soul from heaven and brought down to the earth. Her face had no marks, pure white snow type. Total uttered beauty. But what was residing inside was something utterly disgusting. Her heart was filled with hatred and bad motives. She was a devil inside, like a bad troll waiting to pick up bodies to eat and fill its stomach with foul satisfaction.

Though there was one thing that she had which made me confused. She had a drawer attached to the table. The drawer was beautiful but helpless. The drawer had no handle to open and neither a lock mechanism that made it open with a key. Something was missing. She always found out ways to open it to see what truly was inside it and the best part of it was that, it made her motivated to try opening it. Although she had many bad motives behind its opening. Was there money in it? Was there a treasure in it? Was something worth it was inside it? All these visions kept haunting her and made her continuously indulge in trying to open it.

She was a bad girl, as I spoke of it before. She never respected her mother, father or family. She always ignored what they told her; which was right for her, but she always neglected their sayings. She used to drink, go to parties, get along with boys in bed, smoking and never attending her classes and moreover, wasting money. There was this day which I recall, changed her life upside down. She had a terrible accident while she was in a car with a boy who was driving it recklessly. A bad, terrible accident. She was hospitalized immediately because she was unconscious the moment she had the accident. Sad.

Weeks, days and months passed by as she waited to wake up. Wake up from this dream which she had no idea of and couldn’t even get out of it. Suddenly the day came when she actually opened her eyes. She felt like she was a child being born from a womb. She was startled when she saw two faces staring at her, smiling and tears running down from their cheeks. Her mom and dad. They were there standing next to her and listening to the doctor speaking about her long break from earth. Plus he said something else. Something about legs; disjointed and never able to walk again. She realized. The doctor was speaking about her.

Now she was in a wheelchair and she had no motive to move or do anything in life. She lost her legs and now she couldn’t walk. It was disheartening for her as she wants to run and fly away like a free bird. But she can’t do it. She stayed all long in her room thinking and crying. Later at night, she heard her parents talking. She listened carefully and heard what she never wants to hear. They were talking about how much money they gave away for her in the hospital to bring her back alive. Hundred, thousands of money lost; just to see her back alive. She cried. She felt like collapsing and asking for forgiveness. She wished she could take back the time and do something about it, but it was late she realized.

Suddenly she stood up and made a vow. To serve her parents in the best way and never let them down. She started working even though she was paralyzed. She brought back money and helped them thoroughly. Now her face is all dissolved and her beauty was lost, but her heart was whole again. She felt pure blood rushing through her veins to her heart and making her fresh and pure. She now had the beauty of the heart. She was happy and smiling. Put back the old life and bring in the new life which she enjoyed more. Moreover, because of her healthy life, she started walking again, magically.

As times passed by she was still worried about the drawer. Suddenly one day there was a mail. Inside the mail she found a keyhole and a key. She was overjoyed and rushed immediately to the drawer. To her amazement, the keyhole and key fits perfectly and the drawer magically opened. There she was astonished to find something that even I was amazed. Over the drawer, right in the middle of it, lied a sun. A beautiful sun. She picked it and it started glowing. She sprung with joy and reached for the window next to her bed. She let the sun fly away and reach to the top and she kept staring at it, smilingly. She watched until it reached to the end and shone brighter. Now she was perfect, she realized. She was happy now. This was life.

The sky was dark, and now it shines brightly pulling aside the dark.

Moral: To make your life better, bright and healthy, always do good things in life.