Scene 15: The Next Morning
Sometimes you end a day with regret over what you’ve done or what you’ve said. It can even end in tears as you find that even though you’ve tried hard, you still make mistakes. All that you have left is to face the night and try to sleep. You sleep with a hope in your heart that in the morning there will be a chance to fix things, to make up, to start a new step, to keep going.
When you open your eyes to the morning sun and feel the cool morning breeze, you start to see that God always gives you another chance. Before you know it, you find yourself walking on the beach, listening to the waves. You start to smile again, to pick yourself up, to keep trying to be a better person. As you keep walking, you see and meet things that you’ve never seen before. It’s as if life keeps telling, "Hey, keep going, there’s so much more that you haven’t seen!" These new things don’t have to be big grand things, but small things that remind you that nature, and life itself, shows its grandeur even in the trivial everyday things; sea shells on the beach, the mark of your footprints on the sand, the seaweed that grows on small rocks at the beach, ships going out to sea yet quickly coming back into port (did they forget something? was it just to warm up the ship?), the sound of the breaking waves, the way the water feels (cold, refreshing), the strange patterns of bird footprints on the sand (they seem to like to go in circles). The quiet and empty Keizerstraat gives you a peaceful feeling as you walk through yet surprisingly you find new stores that you haven’t seen before (a pet store!). Simple things such as eating freshly baked croissants and free coffee at Albert Heijn feels so good. Finally, on the walk home you find things that Dutch people throw away which you can still use. So many new things in just a few hours on a quiet summer day!
So next time you find yourself feeling down or regretting what you’ve done, just pray and go to sleep. You will always have the next morning. Wake up early, take a walk and you’ll start to appreciate all the many things (big and small) that are around you. In the end, the thing that you will appreciate most will be the wonderful smile of the person you love.
July 19th, 2006 at 5:52 am
i share the same feeling with you today kris. but the more i think about it, the more i realize that it could be a blessing in disguise. i believe that everything happens for a reason. no regret.
July 19th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
i got up early in the morning, and the bitterness was still inside. was it something i’ve not supposed to say, or was it meant to be like that from heaven above?