Adaku told me once that it was my responsibility to choose what emotions I let rise to the surface. She was right. I get to choose; and today, I choose sadness.
The End.
“Utter bliss.” I thought to myself as I watched the goldfish in the small aquarium in front of me.
My friend, Adaku, was rambling on about her latest heartbreak and I really wanted to listen, but I just did not have it in me. Not today.
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I envied the clownfish. A creature with a memory span of only three seconds, that could forget anything, no matter how dark, and proceed with life on a new slate.
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We have two children who are being raised as we were, and we are both happy because we are like-minded and want the same things out of life.
So, the next time you hear a story like mine, don't cry for the jilted person. More often than not, he/she ends up all the better for it.
Everybody knows the famous love story.
The story of the prince or the son of a wealthy man who broke off his engagement with a suitable woman so he could follow his heart.
If you are wondering about me, I got married to a man of noble birth and together we have doubled the profits of the conglomerates that our forefathers built before us, and built an empire that will last for generations after we are gone.
In my old life as an employee - i went to use the gents and found water on the floor. I took a mop and while cleaning a director found me cleaning and asked why i didn't leave the task for those paid to do it...