Three Minute Stories

I read Good Luck, You Say and I liked it! I loved how they created a horrible situation and made it into something light hearted and interesting. This lady is shown as a very different character and free spirited. I also liked the way they described the accident with great detail when they said "she shuttered at the sound of breaks screeching and metal crunching." http://www.npr.org/2011/11/10/142226611/good-luck-you-say

Don't Worry

            Today was the first day of summer, the sun beaming, and the crickets chirping. I was anxiously awaiting my flight that will take me off the grid, away from reality, where I will finally be able to breathe again. I want a perfect beautiful reality but that is never possible in this world. That is why I am leaving, escaping the pain until it disappears.

            As I get on the plane, I look back at the world around me, I think about what I am leaving behind. The salty taste of tears upon my cheeks, the ache of a cracked heart in need of repair, the frost on my eyelashes and the woody smell of a card board box that brings back memories of new locations, each one worse then the last. I am escaping a life of meaningless actions. What is it to life without a meaning or purpose? Why am I unhappy? I open my eyes to the white picket fence and perfect crisp green grass every day but when the sun is no longer shining, when I close my eyes, I enter a world of unhappiness.

            As I step off the plane the air so clear and crisp, I can feel the bricks crack and fall that are weighing on my lungs. The salty sea air fills my chest as I take my first step onto the warm sand. My fears and stresses slowly fade away by each step. I suddenly hear a soft sound of music singing, “every little thing is going to be alright”. That is when I knew I was in the right place. I took my steps into paradise.