Hope & Belief
Ash and Dust
August 15, 2018Reflection
August 29, 2018
PHOTO PROMPT © Carla Bicomong
Sia counts the lamps on the water & the stars in the dark sky. She wishes upon a buoyant lamp and a shooting star.
She remembers- once she wrote a poem, ‘Hope & Expectations’, on a lamp. She set the loaded lamp in the placid water. Soon the heavy lamp sunk, along with it sunk her hope.
Today she writes just one word – ‘belief’. She has tears of joy when she sees the lamp fighting the waves.
She smiles if the lamp can.. so can she.
Written for Friday Fictioneers. You can read other entries here.
Crossed a milestone with this flash fiction- celebrate my 100th post today. 🙂
33 Comments
Tugs the heart. Hope is the beginning, belief is our reality😊
Thanks, Natasha for stopping by.😊
Expectations never pay, belief in oneself does!
True. Thanks, Anshu
lovely priya
Thanks, Deep
A post full of hope and promises of a new beginning. Beautiful.
Thank you, Sonia. I am glad you liked it.
A magical lamp of hope. Lovely.
Thank you, Iain.
So very nice…
Thanks, Dale.
Faith, belief, hope. You’ve drawn a neat circle here and tied it up seamlessly.
Thanks, Linda. Expectations can be really heavy on our soul. Tried to use as a metaphor. I am glad you liked it.
Belief can be powerful enough to achieve much.
So true. Thanks, Liz.
A paper lantern Fighting the waves with a lighter load. Nice metaphor for life!
I am glad you liked it. lesser the expectations lesser the pain. Thank you for stopping by.
Nice message of hope.
thank you, Abhiray
Your story is a lovely blend of joy and sadness. You led me to wonder what secret grief Sia was carrying. It felt good that she was happy when her lamp ‘fought the waves’.
Nicely written. It’s an ambitious story and your courage in tackling it has paid off.
Thanks, Penny. We all experience the weight of expectations. It’s so important to shed the weight.
Enjoyed writing this.
Hope and expectations can be a heavy burden, no wonder the lamp couldn’t carry it. Belief has very many possibilities. I love the uplifting ending.
Thank you for your kind words. rightly said ‘belief has many possibilities’.
I love this! Very, very true! Great piece.
Thank you, Lisa .
Uplifting and so encouraging. Her self-belief will help her survive the inevitable waves in life.
So true. Thank you, Jilly
Dear Priya,
Lovely story. Full of hope.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you for your kind words, Rochelle.
That’s a nice message of hope! Lovely writing
Thank you, Tina
What a powerful moral story, Priya