'Thing' (repost)

Sometimes, we yearn for something that we feel will make our souls feel better; will help us to continue going in a not so great life. It might be something small and mean something only to the person who hopes the 'thing' to happen and other people might not understand just how important the 'thing' is.

The 'thing' isn't something major - not an expensive item or a time intensive activity. Although other people might think the 'thing' is silly, to the person who yearns for it, it is of great importance. Those that don't understand will be unsupportive of the yearner. They will tell he or she to get over it or that it doesn't matter. The problem is, the person doing the chiding cannot feel the soul of the person who wants the 'thing' very badly. They don't understand how the small 'thing' - truly just a simple action - means so very much to the person and his or her soul.

The person opened her soul up, shared her gray moments and a dream that may not have happened without the person who holds control over the 'thing.' And despite thinking the 'thing' would take not but a minute or two, there is just silence.

With reluctant acceptance that the 'thing' will not happen, the soul becomes cemented even more in the daily gray.

Dana