Where There's Sun, There's Hope

The mailman arrived and handed over my letters. There was nothing exciting from receiving them. Most of them are my unsettled light and credit card bills. I am a single mom who tries to make ends meet. This life is hopeless, why did I ever make so many mistakes in the past? If not for the wrong decisions I made, my child and I would not have suffered this much. It feels like the whole world is on my shoulder and there's no one to lean on to.

Whenever I feel this way, I look at my toddler. His angelic face is the only thing that keeps me going. His perfect smile as he sleeps is wonderful. He gives me the strength to hold on. Oh, how badly I want to give this child a better future! I will crawl if I have to just to provide his needs.

He is like a sun to me. He is my hope - he gives me light in spite of the darkness around me. And as long as I have him, I will hold on to that light!

Waves Don't Seem So High

Life’s waves may be high.
They can be unbearable and painful.
Sometimes, we may feel hopeless and down.

However, the waves don’t seem so high
From the top of them looking down.
Be above the waves!
Conquer and overcome them!

Dealing with Wind and Waves

One sunny, summer day, two kids were having fun at the beach.

While playing in their cottages, they noticed that the winds have become stronger, thus creating bigger and bigger waves.

The girls later on decided to go near the shore and feel the waves.

Not too long after that, they were jumping and enjoying the waves that the sea gives them.

In life, we experience waves.

Some of them big and some are small and we can easily handle them.

Problems are like waves and it’s completely up to us on how we deal with them.

We can cry our hearts out with no resolution,

Or we can overcome them happily, accepting them as part of life’s stepping stone for a better tomorrow.

Don’t give up, the waves will soon disappear and the winds will calm. Stay strong. 

The Music for the Clouds

There was once a tiny country that was suffering from a long drought. It had gone so long without rain that the people there were starting to go hungry because of the bad harvests.

It just so happened that a group of musicians were travelling the country, trying to make a living from their concerts. But with so many problems in the land, no one felt like listening to music.

"But music can help overcome any problems," objected the musicians, without anyone paying them the slightest attention.

So the musicians tried to find out the reason it wouldn't rain. It was very strange, because the sky was overcast, but no one could provide an answer.

"It's been cloudy like this for many months, but not a single drop of rain has fallen," people would tell them.

"Don't worry, we'll bring rain to the country," the musicians responded, and they began rehearsing for a concert at the summit of the highest mountain.

Everyone who heard the music was seized by curiosity and went up the mountain. And the conductor of this strange orchestra gave the order, and the musicians began to play.

From their instruments came small, playful musical notes, that rose and rose into the clouds. The music was so joyous, happy and fun, and the notes started playing with with the clouds' soft, fluffy bellies, running here and there, up and down, and the whole sky turned into one big game of tickle torture. Before long, the giant clouds were thundering with laughter.

The musicians continued playing joyfully and a few minutes later, the clouds, crying with laughter, soaked the little country below with their precious tears, bringing happiness to all.

And in memory of that musical rain, everyone in the land learned how to play an instrument and, taking turns, would go up the mountain every day to bring joy to the clouds with their beautiful songs.

Written by:
Pedro Pablo Sacristán