life lessons

When conflict arises, he moves in a slow pace, dragging his feet alongside the Sands, while bearing his head away from the unruling, boiling, angry yellow sun. He left his life miles ago. Job, family, friends, home. Home. That word use to mean so much to him and ever since it all started crashing, the word lost its warm appeal. He's tired of running away from his past problems and knows this is not the final solution, but the only way he knows to go, is to move forward, and forward seems like a very long journey. When he begins to lose hope for the first time..

Out of nowhere, Happiness is riding on a white steed, in the shape of a female with blue crystal eyes that pierce through him, dark hair that flows against her face, and a smile that both can heal and punish. His shadow can be seen speeding alongside him. He's sprinting. Running, breaths are quicker, shorter. His lungs are gasping for air as he chases Happiness in circles, under a much more pleasant sun, and in the embraces of cool summer winds.

As quickly as she came, the world quickly spirals into a new transformation. Happiness vanished! It's cloudy and the atmosphere grows heavy. The Angels are crying and their teardrops splash on his forehead as his sprints become trudging lunges. His surroundings are changing like some complicated puzzle game. He questions the Player. Who's making his life miserable, joyful, and then back to happy?

He spots Happiness and her white steed taking shelter under a large rock protruding from the cliff. He finds strength and hope and begins running. The rain is pouring harder than ever while those summer winds, once peaceful, now threaten to suck him away into the dark skies forever. He reaches to her and smiles. He quickly grabs her hand and takes her into the nearby cave. He tells her that he'll go out and get her food , and blankets and whatever she needs, because he never wants her to leave. Happiness brings him in return a smile on his face and he begs for her to stay with him forever.

He now believes he can cheat the system.

Beat the Player at his own game.

The next morning, she's gone, vanished once again as quickly as she did before. He journeys out and takes the mantle of an adventurer, a hero, in tattered, semi-wet clothing(He left his shining armor back in the cave). Days zoom by as he travels under the heat of the yellow Sun.

As he begins to lose hope, he spots the white horse moving very slow around something on the ground. He sprints over, disregarding all around him, focused just on whatever is on the ground. His fears crawl over him like tiny spiders. "It can't be her," he screams, "it can't be; she just came in my life and she's gone now!"

He approaches closer and notices that it is just a glowing yellow box in the shape of giant heart. A note on top of it says "The secret of life lies inside." He glares at the white horse, looking for answers, but the horse just neighs and gallops away.


He gains the courage to open the box and reads the message inside.


"Happiness doesn't usually come to you. You have to find it, fight for it, and be grateful when you do have it. Hope should never be lost because even in the darkest of times it's right in front of you, without you even knowing"


He looks up and sees her piercing eyes, her smile, and that flowing hair right in front of him.

He learned his lesson that day, held her hand, and walked her back to his home, miles away in a place far distant now.