A turning point 🌚

STARRY NIGHTS KEPT HER WONDER. SHE DREADED THE UNKNOWN, THE UNSEEN. SHE DIDN'T KNOW AND COULD NOT POSSIBLY IMAGINE HER FUTURE, SHE WAS JUST A GIRL IN A BIG BIG WORLD.

SHE LIKED WALKS BY THE OCEAN

SMALL TALKS WITH A FRIEND OVER A CUP OF COFFEE ON A

SUNDAY MORNING

A SMILE FROM A STRANGER

THIS WAS ALL THE SIMPLE THINGS, SHE USED TO LOVE LIFE SHE HAD BIG DREAMS WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE UP TILL THE GRAY DAYS TOOK OVER.

AND NOW. SHE IS ROTTING IN BED THINKING THROUGH ALL THE ENCOUNTERS AND THE EXPERIENCES SHE COULD RECALL THAT HAD LET HER HERE. ALL OVER AND AGAIN, FROM EVERY SCHOOL TEACHER AND CHILDHOOD FRIEND TO EVERY BULLY AND UNPLEASANT WORK COLLEAGUE. IN HER WEEKLY SESSIONS WITH THE THERAPIST SHE FOUND IT HARD TO ARTICULATE THE DEPTH OF HER DESPAIR AND SO IT KEPT SHADOWING HER PATH TO THE FUTURE.

ONCE, ON A WALK HOME FROM THE GYM SHE LOOKED AT THE STARRY SKY. SHE LOVED "SPEAKING' TO THE SKY IN HER MIND, AND THE SKY NEVER FAILED IN MAKING HER WISHES COME TRUE AS LONG AS SHE WISHED HARD ENOUGH.

She GLANCED AT THE SKY AND WHISPERED SOFTLY "DEAR SKY, I WISH UPON YOUR STARS TONIGHT. PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO SEE MY POTENTIAL, TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF ONCE AGAIN."

THE SKY SHIMMERED WITH THE GLISTENING STARS AS IF

ACKNOWLEDGING HER PLEA.

HER MIND DRIFTED BACK TO A TIME WHEN SHE WAS FULL OF LIFE AND AMBITION, WHEN SHE WAS A BA PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT DREAMING OF BECOMING A NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST AND TAKING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY CLASSES. BEFORE STARTING AT UNI SHE WAS A HIGH-ACHIEVING AND HARD WORKING STUDENT IN High school ,particularly in PSYCHOLOGY UNITS. SHE ONCE DREAMED OF UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF THE HUMAN MIND, OF HELPING THOSE WHO STRUGGLED AS SHE DID