Simply Six Minutes

I looked over all of this island, and I just felt sad. This had been my dream, I had worked for all my life to be in this place, in this life. I had dreamed and hoped, and wished for this, and every workplace I had this poster hung up to inspire me, make me work harder, make me realize this was a goal I could achieve.

And now I’m here. I’m here sitting, looking out over the dream I had, but there is only one problem. I’m alone. I’m sitting here on my balcony, beautiful scenery in front of me, beautiful warm breezes, everything I had dreamed of. So why am I sad? Why, after all the years of working so hard to be here do I feel it was all in vain?

Because none of this means anything without a person to share it with, a lover, a wife, a child. I worked so hard in my life I never worked to achieve what was really important, a family, a woman to share it with. So all of this beauty that I’m surrounded with really means nothing at all.

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