May/June 2016

We all think we are important. But if we weren’t here the world would still turn the sun would still rise most people’s lives wouldn’t change. The world doesn’t need us. Some people many people sit and think about it. They only see that the whole wide world doesn’t need them and don’t see that they need the world for them to feel better for them to get better. I am one of those people. I try to conjure up a lifeline that I can hang onto. But sometimes, the school bell just rang and I’m alone standing waiting for the light to change so I can cross. And a car passes by me, so close that I can almost touch it. And I think of how easy it would be to step forward to fall. I have to focus on creating a lifeline, something that stops me from falling. I am afraid that one day that lifeline will snap I will fall I won’t stop myself. But I hold on. I find the small things that give me a lifeline. The little miracles in life that make it worth living. Have you ever seen a bird take off, bursting into the air? Or felt the joy when a child takes his first step? Living things are miracles. We all have something to give to the world. Something that the world needs. These words, they are my gift to you. They are my gift to the world. Sylvia Gibson, 13Mill Valley, California