With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, I have set down to write this column on positive stories, luck, and happy endings. I was unsure how to begin, but then I began to realize something:
Everyone has a story at some time or other that is both moving and upsetting, rather it be what was heard or what was witnessed; despite this, everyone has also been witness to a miracle—to what is usually the ever-elusive happy ending.
For example, where I work, several people have to go through hell to get back to the road of knowledge. The main reason, currently, is that they can’t control the economy, which has laid several off in my area (and in areas all over the US). Some of the best students I work with were unable to complete high school early on in their lives because they had to help support their families.
Where is their positive story?
Where is their luck?
Where is their happy ever after?
They all seek it in obtaining their GED (which, for those of you who don’t know, is the same equivalence as a high school diploma), and then going on to get an even higher education. I was homeschooled, so I have my GED. I am grateful for it every day, as well as my associate degrees. Without them, I would probably be unemployed, since the economy pretty much stinks right now.
Anyway…
The point of the matter is that there are positive stories everywhere, from getting up in the morning filled with worries about feeding your kids, to going to bed knowing they have been fed.
I have tried to answer the questions: What makes a happy ending? What makes someone lucky?
Perhaps the answer lies in simply knowing you have someone to lean on, to share your burden; in knowing there are others out there who’ve been in worse shape and pulled through; or maybe, just maybe, in seeing the one you love so dearly smiling at you.
A smile, after all, is the sun of the soul.
Some stories to check out:
"Sailing Away to the Moon" by Tallblondie
"Lost and Found" by annemarie
"Chains" by Vanilla King
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