Dolly hesitated. These grains of sand were the days of my life? She flinched and clenched her fist harder when Bill let out a triumphant yell and threw his sand at the wall.
Looking up, she saw the sand glittering all over the stones. The glitter increased and spread until it formed a large rectangle, much like a tv screen. They were watching Bill's life as it had happened. One scene coming after another, in colors unimagined before. Such clarity!
Still, she hesitated. This was her life! Did she really want to everyone to see what a pitiful life she had led?
Feeling stupid and inadequate, she started to turn away.
Ranwell looked at her in empathy.
"Think your not up to snuff?" He asked gently.
Pitifully, she nodded.
He gestured at Bill, laughing and crowing at the adventures he had had as a boy. "Do you think its all about you?" He again said gently. "Could it be that its also about someone else?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're feeling like dumb and pitiful, and thinking your life isnt worth looking at." She couldnt help but nod. "But there is Bill, with the same life, enjoying every minute of it."
That was obvious. He was jumping up and down, shouting at her "Do you remember that?"
Ranwell continued. "Bill would like for you to enjoy it WITH him. He needs your affirmation. He needs you to think about him for a moment, and not be consumed with yourself and what you are going thru."
Now, that was hard to take! Who did he think he was, anyway?
Yet, still, as she watched Bill caper and call out to her, she began to see his point.
(your turn!)
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