Love Brings Hope
She gave a sigh, filled with despair. She was devastated and shattered, feeling that her whole world had been collapsed. It was already 9 o’clock in the evening. She should have returned home to have supper by this time. However, she still didn’t dare to go home.
Amy had finished her tutorial class on the day. She had been working hard on her studies non-stop. The school day and the extra class were over. Exhaustion and fatigue ruled over her body, but she didn’t want to go home. She had strict parents, who were especially harsh towards her studies and held high expectations on her. She did study for her best and contribute great effort. Yet her talent wasn’t on studying. She flunked her exams again. The report can was distributed at school that morning. She didn’t want to let her parents down, and even feared the disappointed expressions on her parents’ face after noticing her unsatisfactory results.
Amy didn’t dare to face her parents. She had been wandering in the park for almost an hour. The intimidating bellowing and scolding of her parents kept swirling around Amy’s mind. It brought chills to her spine even though it was just her prediction. It was negativity which occupied her mind. Pressure and stress gradually haunted her, as if thousands of stories were stacked and suffocating her. She couldn’t stand them anymore.
She couldn’t control herself as the sorrowful tears filled her eyes. She attempted to hold her tears since she felt ashamed of crying in the public. However, she couldn’t help but cry even harder. She sat on a nearby bench and started sobbing and sniveling alone. She could clearly feel her helplessness and incapability in her sorrow but to no one could she express it to. By that time, she only wished for a friend to be by her side and comfort her.
It was simply miraculous that her wish was granted. While she was sobbing the hardest, she felt someone was putting her had on her shoulder. It was a woman who she had never met before. The women patted her with tenderness and care, trying to comfort the crying Amy. With an angelic voice, the woman comforted Amy, “It’s okay. Girl, please let me stay your side.” It was just a simple action showing care. Amy felt the warmth from deep down her heart. She regained power and strength the he had not obtained for a long time. It was the first time Amy came across this kind of miraculous feeling, which was warm, tender and unforgettable. It must be the great power of love and care.
Amy soon managed to stop crying. The woman grinned at her and asked if she could give Amy a hug. They both hugged each other tightly, creating an unbreakable bonding between two of them. Before the woman left, she gave Amy a bar of chocolate, hoping that it would make Amy feel better. Amy never asked for the name of the lady, but what were still vivid about her in her memory were her angelic and tender voice, as well as the words printed on the woman’s sweater: Love Brings Hope.
Amy never threw away the box containing the chocolate given by the woman on that day. She kept the box with her every day as it represented the gratitude to the woman, reminding her to love others.