Note: This is an experiment I started a few days ago. I write about the first word that comes to my mind. I write spontaneously. No thinking, planning, researching. Obviously, a lot of what I write will come from what I’ve read. I don’t claim that what I’m writing is accurate or what I’ve experienced. It is what comes to my mind when I think about the word. Also, I’m not following any format. I wrote about Insensitivity day before yesterday, and Injustice yesterday. Today’s word that came to mind was insufficiency.
Insufficiency
Ask, they said.
You’ll get, they assured.
Ask who, and get by when, I quipped?
Don’t try to force a timeline, and ask whoever you believe in.
I did not say anything to them.
Wondered how the hell will I go from pauper to prince.
I’m no man lucky of miracles. I’m no man lucky of abundance.
What do I have to lose, I thought.
I asked for everything I wanted.
Money, house, fame, health, luxury.
I woke up next morning to the smell of lilies.
Surprised by the pleasant smell, I looked outside my bedside window.
A man had parked his cycle by my road selling lilies.
The wind kind enough to bring the sweet fragrance to my window.
I woke up with a smile and started my day.
As I walked along the road, I see the man I usually see on the road walking to work.
He walks across to give me a penny that he noticed I had dropped yesterday.
I put the penny back into my wallet, and walked across the park to take a short cut.
I walked slower than usual today, noticing the bright orange flowers in the trees.
I looked down to see a small pathway formed by the wind blowing away flowers.
As if nature had created a red carpet for me, treating me like I’m its special person.
I reached my workplace, and they asked, did you ask?
I said yes, but nothing happened. I still have no money, and I don’t have a car.
Yes, but you have a smile on your face today, they said.
Ah! It is because it’s a good day. I noticed things that I never noticed before.
That’s a miracle, they said.
I smiled to myself, and thought, yes, it’s been a morning of small miracles.
I got something that I did not even know I had lost. I smelt flowers, felt the wind on my face, and even got a red carpet welcome.
So it’s started then, they said.
I said what’s started?
Your first step to abundance, and getting what you asked for.
How’s that I asked?
Because you now believe in miracles, they said.
I smiled, and said aloud, yes, I believe in miracles.
