(100-word flash fiction)
Everyday, as she walks past, Lila admires the house. Gleaming in the sunlight, it looks so warm and welcoming, so totally unlike her old, dingy shack. She imagines a house filled with bustle and laughter.
Inside the house, the air hardly moves as Maya sits at the window, in her wheelchair, watching the passing girl. She drinks in her spritely walk, her jaunty ponytail sashaying in the sunlight, her intense gaze, almost daring her to walk.
Months later, she tells her surprised doctor, “She willed me to walk, that girl who sent me waves of joyous energy down her gaze.”
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I wanted to write something uplifting, in contrast to the somber mood of the winter we are in. Leafless trees and frost. And I do believe in the tremendous power of our thoughts to change our reality. Returning once again to the eclectic group of Friday Fictioneers hosted by the lovely Rochelle 🙂
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
Just Joyfulness 
Dear Joyful,
What a delightful example of ‘the other man’s grass is always greener.’ Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks mucho Rochelle. The full moon had me hiding under the covers, so haven’t read many stories yet 😦
A lovely tale of contrasting views of the world. Nicely done.
Thanks Iain 🙂
A lovely take on the theme of inspiration.
Thanks Jilly 🙂
I absolutely love this, Joy.
Thanks Dale 🙂
I like the 180 degreet pivot in point of view and how one woman’s covetousness can be another’s inspiration.
Yes, it always is the case with perspective, isn’t it? 🙂
Where is Lila’s “reward?”
I guess, Karma will give it to her 🙂
Very beautifully written!!
Thanks Sajitha 🙂
You’ve constructed your story well. Reading how Lila admired the house and imagined the bustle and laughter within immediately made me think that it wouldn’t be like that. And you didn’t disappoint; it wasn’t. You had a girl in a wheelchair.
But what I didn’t expect was for the sadness within to be transformed by the waves of joyous energy projected by Lila. Lovely twist, and lovely positive conclusion.
Well written, Jolly!
Thanks so much Penny. We create our own reality, sometimes we need an external impetus, even if it is imagined 🙂 Like Einstein said, “Imagination is more powerful than reality.” 🙂
You have indeed reminded us that there are always two sides to story. Nicely done.
Thanks Subroto 🙂
I liked how Lila saw something that wasn’t there, but it gave her hope. Maya saw something she did not have and that gave her the will to get it. I liked your story.
Winter you say, where do you live. It is Summer here in Friday Harbor, the place of this photo.
Wow! That’s a deep way of looking at the story. Thanks 😊 It’s winter here in Australia 😊
A joyful, uplifting story.
Thanks Linda!
What a great inspiration…. so nice that she could walk in the end.
Thanks Bjorn 🙂
A story filled with hope. Beautiful.
Thanks Lisa 🙂