Just Because

An angel was taking a stroll down the lane on earth. She came across a man who was sobbing over his wife's grave.. She approached him and asked "y r u crying good man?"

The man answered "my wife just died"

The angel frown "nothing is forever in the mortal world, u do know that don't u"

"I do.. But she was the love of my life.. I can't live without her. How m I s'pose to carry on breathing when she was my oxygen?"

"Then y don't u follow her?" The angel asked innocently. The man was taken back surprised by her reaction "she couldn't be ur oxygen since u r still alive n breathing" she continued.

"Bb..but.. I.. I.." The man stutered in confusion, not knowing what to answer.

"It is not love that u lost, love is always there in u and around u.. It is the attachment to ur wife that fears u to move on. And ironically it is the attachment to ur life that stops u to follow her" the angel said.

"Don't confuse love with attachment or u will never see the true miracle of love" she added and left the man to ponder upon that.

The angel continued walking and saw a child crying with no1 arround. She approached the kid and asked "y r u crying?"

"I lost my mommy" he said.

"Then look for her"

"I can't"

"Why?"

"Mommy told me not to walk alone or I'll get lost"

The angel laughed "isn't it too late for that now? Ur mommy isn't here and u obviously do not know how to get home or you would have walked that way...and yet u r afraid of getting lost?"

The child stopped crying and looked at the glowing lady infront of him.

"Come, I will take u to find ur mommy" she offered. The boy hessitated.

"Don't let ur fear threaten ur heart n stop u from walking forward n finding ur goal.

"Sure, things could go wrong, but look at how many success boldness brings.."

The child look at her confused.. He could not understand a word he said.

The angel laughed at her foolishness in trying to talk to the child as tho he was an adult.

"Come.. it is always better to find a way with a friend than alone.."

"U r nt my friend" the boy retaliate.

"My name is Sarah, what's urs?"

"Adam.." He smiled an took her hand.

After finding the boy's mommy, the angel continued walking down the lane. She met an old lady crying with silent tears. She approached her.

"What's bothering u my dear lady?"

"I've got cancer" she said.

"Are u affraid to die?" The angel asked.

"No, I'm old, I know my time isn't long.. Of course the fear of death exist, but that is not why I'm in distress."

"Then what is it?"

"The pain.. I can't stand it.. If I don't go for chemo, it will continue to grow and press against my intestine causing horrible pain. And when I go to chemo, it spoils everything for me. I get very weak, I can't eat and I lie down all day coz I'm too weak to stand up." She sobbed telling her pain.

"I can't stop chemp coz without it the pain is horrible, yet chemo itself kills my soul. I don't know where to run. The pain medicines don't help and the pain keeps me awake all. Night..." She closed her face with her hands.

"Sometimes death is better than pain, don't u think?" The angel asked. The old lady nodded.

"But u know, sometimes what it takes to reduce the pain is to think the pain don't exist and work like nothing is bothering u. Walk like a duck, think like a duck, and u will become a duck" the angel said.

The old lady thought about it for a bit and then smiled. The angel smiled back and started walking again.

The angel walked not too far away when she saw a girl dancing in a green lawn.

It had started to drizzle and the girl was looking up to the sky letting droplets fall on her eyelashes,nose,lips and all over her face.

Intrigued by that girl, the angel walked closer to her. As she got closer,she noticed the girl was dancing in a weird way. Her left and right side wasn't equal. And then she saw that the girl's left leg was a wooden one. The girl has lost her leg and still she was dancing with her wooden leg.

As the angel walked even closer She noticed half of the girl's face was covered with scar tissue.. It looked like a burnt scar.

She approached her and tapped her shoulder. The gal turned arround and gave her a bright charming warm smile. "Hi.." She said to the angeln "it's a bautiful day to dance, don't u think?" She asked.

The angel smiled an nodded.

"I'm so happy today..." The girl said.

"Y is that?" The angel asked.

The girl just shrugged..."The bautiful day, this beautiful lawn, the perfect weather and I'm alive... What's nt to be happy about?" She said.

"If u don't mind me asking, what happened to u?" The angel asked.

"My house burnt down to years ago..." The girl said.

"I'm so sorry to hear that..." The angel said

"It's ok.. It's a long time back." The girl smiled.

"Is every1 ok?"

"Sadly, my parents died in that fire. I lost my leg saving my little brother, he is completely unharmed tho, just minor bruises..."

"I'm very sorry to hear tht... U have gone through a lot.."

"Well nothing is forever right?" The girl winked.

"Where is ur brother now?"

"He was placed in a foster care... I wasn't capable in providing him for a home and food...I'm a traveller.. I got no home :)"

The angel forwn in confusion...

"Ur house burned down, ur parents died, ur face is scarred and ur leg was amputated, ur brother was taken away from you and u don't have a house to go home to... And you are dancing in joy...? I'm sorry.. But I'm completely lost.. What are you happy about? Why are u dancing with joy?" The angel asked.

The girl smiled with twinkling eyes... "No reason.. Just because...I felt like it :)"

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Losses, pain, fear, illness, death.. Many reason to be sad and in distress.. But sometimes no reason is needed to feel happy and to dance in the rain..

Just because... :)

-RandoMind-