Dear shooting star

Every 5 pm I got excited to visit library. No, I wasn't bookworm but there was someone in the library with adoring eyes, rosy lips and beautiful smile. Every Day at 5 pm I reached library and wait untill he arrived. As he got in , I got in too. Every day he used to pick out same thick book with yellow cover and read it quitely and I stared at him from a little distance away hiding my face behind books. This became everyday story until One Day... He wasn't there I waited a lot right out of the library but he didn't come. I used to wait right out of the library for whole day but he didn't arrive. Days turned into weeks. With every single passing day I left the hope that he would come again.I stopped going library. Years flew I moved to another city and I forgot about him and library. After garduation, I started buisness magically it successed with few months, I got myself a house, a car and everything. I was happy in my own world but my happiness was just for few years and One day everything doomed. My buisness bankrupted and under investors pressure I had to sell my buiness.I lost everything that day. I was on the roads. I sold my house returned back to my old home old city.I got a part time Job. I worked daytime and cry at night. Already my life was not on track and it became more miserable when one evening I was fired. I was walking on the footpath, I had no money, no food, no idea what to do next and nobody to console me. My tears were locked back somewhere in eyes I was was numb internally and had no hope I glanced at road without thinking once I jumped before a car, suddenly someone hold my hand and pulled me back. I looked up it was an old lady, her face was familiar to me but it was hard to recognise. She shouted, Are you mad? what did you thought? Don't you care about your parents?". "I had no parents, no Job, no food. What should I do? " I replied and burst into tears. "I don't want to live." "OK, OK, don't cry you can work here from tomorrow untill you get job." She pointed at the library across the road and pick out a choclate from her bag and gave it to me.This was the same library And she was the same owner I remembered. Next Day, my work was to assemble all books. I remembered that guy and while assembling books I reached to the book he used to read. The think book with yellow cover had title "Dear shooting star". What a weird titleI thought. I opened the book but all pages were blank what! Book was more weired than title. What he used to read then. I was sure he wasn't blind. That's why the book was still there. I looked for author, R. Miller. I searched over whole internet but got no clue neither about book nor about author. After I completed my work I sat aside and looked all pages over again and again to find something. Yeah I got a page with some lines among pages, It seemed to be a letter. Here it was

"Dear shooting star, Mom and Dad used to say that you can complete my wish. Although I wished you that I want to live with them for entire life but you didn't they left me within few years. I knew they lied. Still I faced everything alone I was happy among all hardships. I had enery to face them and I thought I could face everything. Because I love to breath I love everything around me trees, birds, moon, sun. I love me. But this time this thing is not under me once again I am wishing to you to save me please complete my wish this time. I never complained about those injections those medicines because I knew I would be ok soon. And I thought I will face it too. But Doctor said I had only few days left. I don't know what to do now. All I know I want to live. I had no reason to go away, neither those hard days nor those painful moments. I want to live and see all tgose seeds grow, want to listen bird chirp. Please ask god not to take this precious gift, my life. However it would be ok if you can't, I don't have many expectations from you. But tell to the god I will smile untill my last breath no matter how much it will painful, tell him I never lose to him please tell him I faced every challenge with smile and never gave up dear shooting star." My eyes flew opened and I was completely shocked. I stood still for next few minutes as I had seen a snake. I took the book and rushed to the library owner's office. She looked at book in my hands and I could see in her eyes that she already knew my question. She spoke with a low voice, "he was such a nice guy but he had cancer, he wanted to live, however god had another plans for him." I understood why he suddenly disappeared. "But why he published this book" I asked. "I have no idea, he suddenly come one day and requested me to place it in the library. There was just only one edition of this book" "B...But Do." Before I could complete my sentence She shouted, "Don't you have work to do? Go or I will cut your salary? I have a lot work to do." I moved out of her office and

placed book back to that place and I felt current in my all nerves. I realised I was about to threw this precious gift before a car. I closed my eyes, remember his smile, tears rolled on my cheeks. I promised myself doesn't matter how hard situations will be, I will always take care of my life, My precious gift. I would never give up. Days passed I worked hard. I once again started a new life. I started to take self care. I started another buisness I faced many ups and downs but I faced everything with smile. I kept that book with me. Finally I published it and taught people how precious life is.