• A MOMENT OF LIGHT
  
  The goodnights were said and done
  A single soul found itself still awake
  Unable to open the door to his dreams
  He went a mile to set his mind free
  to the wide and calm lake nearby
  
  A slow breeze greeted him 'Hello'
  The freezing water touched his feet
  Getting on board a little boat
  he rowed to the middle of the lake
  Letting his oar down
  staring up at the clear sky
  searching for his star
  He whispered a silent prayer
  and made a wish
  
  As the falling star, disappeared in the horizon
  He felt his hope rising from despair
  All his life he had been waiting for things to turn out well
  All his life he had been crying
  The depth of his miseries!
  Asking for answers
  Looking for remedies
  Voicing his disappointments and heartaches
  to the One who never sleeps
  Finding a little corner by himself
  He would secretly weep
  
  At this precise moment
  Out here in the company of His creation
  He felt the serenity of the place
  Changing the way he thought
  A new person was evolving
  From the ashes of his being
  
  'Life is never what you see
  but what you think'
  
  All along he had been thinking
  his life was of no good
  No good a life he ever lead
  
  'Life is beautiful'
  He heard his heart say
  And felt the beauty within him too
  
  Thanking God with folded hands
  He stirred back to where he began
  
  The door of life was opened to him
  The room, the wall, the carpet on the floor
  Everything was the same
  
  Sinking in his bed
  He closed his eyes and smiled
  He knew his life had changed
  
  (It doesn't take much to make your life better. Change your outlook and you will soon find your life changing for the better)
  
  Copyright M Ranjan Singh