EUPHORIC COUNTDOWN

JENALYN S. YUMUL

Everyone has a place where they go to escape all the pressures, worries, and problems of life. There is always that one spot that can remove all the negativities and troubles in times of downs. A sandy windy sunny beach can cure all the scars in my heart even just for a day. While I am there, all of my difficulties are like the letters that were written by a pencil which is suddenly erased. As I walk along, my feet feels like taken by the heaven-like atmosphere that surrounds me. I let myself absorb the intense rays of the sun on burning summer day as it also emits the problems one by one.

I run as fast as my feet can carry me towards what my body sees as paradise, an endless crystal blue of water. I dive into the beautiful strong waves head first; float peacefully among, unaware and doesn’t care of the approaching waves that are soon to break over me.

A monster-like wave has just overtaken me; its force takes me to the sandy heart of the ocean. I am refreshed as I am carried back to the shore, it feels like it wants me to know that there’s always a time that I will stay on where I am right now and I just need to wait for the right time. Exhausted, I return to my peaceful spot on the beach. I quickly find myself once again baking under the warmth of the summer realized this day could give me alot of lessons that I should always carry.

I find myself alone on the beach. The surf has ceased to crash on the shores. The calm waves gently roll onto the sand. The sky is transformed into a colorful horizon. It feels like dream; it’s filled with endless streams of yellowish purple and blue.

On my walk back along the sand, I am reminded of those very hard things that have evaded on my peaceful journey. Tomorrow is school day, Monday brings school and work; however, I am not that upset. I do not see tomorrow as the start of a long week of tough papers, I now see it as a countdown. Six more days until I can once more drift off to the place where all the pressures and worries of life seem to just disappear.

Isn’t it better to look for a way to see a liability as an asset ? Be blithe for the bright.

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The author is Teacher III at San Vicente Elementary School, Apalit District