Let The Story Go On

By Anonymous

                He was stuck so deep…so deep down in the darkness. It was cold, and he was all alone… His dreams made him special, and they hated him for that. So they got rid of him, by throwing him down the well.

                But he wasn’t scared.

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                He had the chance to help them. He had the chance to set them free, but their arrogance drove the anger within him, and his anger drove him away from them. He went far away into the sea, where his bad choice of actions, led him into the dark belly of the whale.

                But he didn’t let go.

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He had it all. A lovely wife, wonderful children, money, health…all he could ever want. One day, it all went away, leaving him as a sick dying man with no one by his side.

But he didn’t stop there.

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It was this feeling they had. The feeling that no matter how bad things are going, something good is going to happen very soon. The feeling there is always a way out no matter how bad it looks.

Yes. You say these are just stories. But I think there is something magical about them. Ever since I was a kid I would love listening to my teacher tell stories. They always took me away from all my responsibilities, worries, and pain, into a world of adventure, excitement, hope, and suspense. But there was one thing they all had in common: AN ENDING, and I hated that. And so whenever the phrase “happily ever after” was spoken, I knew that I had to go back from the world of adventure back to my responsibilities. Fortunately, my entire system rejected that, and the stories may have ended in reality, but in my head they always went on. The action, the fighting, the hope, the love, the pain, the characters…all of it kept going on in my head, and I would DREAM about joining the characters in their adventures.

But really as I grew up, I began to realize these stories were much more than just the details. These stories had another thing in common: They had morals. They had lessons we could all learn from, and characters we could relate to.

And you have something to relate to here…

                Because the story goes on, that the guy in the well has faith, and his faith leads to his dreams coming true!

And the guy in the whale, admits his misdeeds, and God rescues him from the whale and he saves his people from the dark.

And slowly, slowly, the story of the guy who lost everything, turned all the way around.

And this is where you come in. This is the point when the story…ends? No! It doesn’t! Good stories never end! They go on in YOU! This is when you put down the book, and become the hero of the story. This is when YOU become Joseph, Jonah, or even Job (peace be upon them). This is when the evil pharaoh manifests in your own life as your own troubles. And do you stop and cower before his feet? No, you become the Moussa (pbuh) of YOUR story, and stick up to the pharaoh in your life. And when you’re given the choice between right and wrong, this is when you remember how the villain perished for his/her wrong choices.

So WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! Are you just gonna sit there and cry in the dark? You didn’t read these stories for nothing! They are a symbol of what’s going with you.

And now.

Now is when you remember all the stories you’ve ever read, and RELATE to them. Your once upon a time may not be a happily ever after and sometimes the story doesn’t go the way we want it to. Relax! You have to remember that God is writing your story, and if you chose to let go, someday you’re gonna look back and realize that everything was going exactly as it should, and now, everything is just the way you wanted it to be…but…you’re not part of the story! Because you didn’t chose to be involved, you chose only to read.

So here you are now, stuck in a dark, cold, wet, stinky well with only faith by your side. People hate you because you DREAM, and you’re left alone, because of all the wrong choices you’ve made. Do you wanna know what happens next? Go check the story out, and let the story go on…