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Clues to Success

It's a gentle gesture of appreciation.

By Keanna Barry Published 5 years ago 8 min read

Welcome to the land of Zabeth. A place full of blessings, luck, and great fortunes. Here we welcome all types of love. It’s a magical space for those who do wish to create greatness and witness uplifting others who are far to gone to go and do it for themselves. It’s a self improvement atmosphere at all times. How great is that?

This land is far more universal than those who cannot reach this level of ease to assume as the very most influential places to stay. When people get to the land they don’t ever want to leave! Can’t blame them either. I mean who wouldn’t want to live in a place where things are freely yours. Then the friendships you create also never grow toxic because in the land we only allow for beautiful happenings to happen and never allow cruelty or anything in dangerous nature like that to stay long enough to effect anyone to any extent.

We aim to never allow bitterness to succeed at ruining someone’s time being here. It’s all said in the little notebook we have hidden in a special spot somewhere. It’s hidden because it is also awaiting to be found by someone fortunate enough to benefit from its wisdom and its great success at being an issue of pleasure. When the notebook is found the founder will also run into a load of cash. I’m talking $20,000 big bucks! Who wouldn’t want to be granted the opportunity to learn about life and all of it’s grand era and to also exceed in the gift of being granted a fortune?

It’s timeless to say no one would want to give up an opportunity like this. It’s one of a life time to be blessed to the maximum and finally find more than just a wealthy fortune but to have a peace of mind too! Is that not fascinating? To obtain a peace of mind and to live in harmony of never worrying again about how special or not so special the gift of wealth we try to deliver to all of our people’s truly is!

I mean seriously the knowledge we grant to the land is so touching. That we try to examine every little thing that way we know who ever finds our precious notebook and awards them self with our cash prize will be one worthy of it all! I mean all of our fair players of the land do deserve it but we are looking for one in particular to win this one now.

His name is Fabian. One of our citizens. He is one that cares for the well-being of everybody he comes across. Falls in love with every “emo” and awards himself with a smile, just a smile, every time someone mentions how great of a person he is. He truly is a great person. Maybe even the greatest person the land could know. Since he has a heart of pure gold and this type of love for his people so strong it makes the bad people attempt to behave. These people need something stronger than just love but for one to go understand where they have been coming from. Fabian is that guy for you!

Now Fabian doesn’t know this but his life is about to take a spin and become even greater than his current situation. His life is good but we want him to play so he can appreciate himself for being the one chosen. We chose him and would choose him again and again just for this boy to know how truly remarkable his life and attitude determine the greatness he already feels and the more of it he shall get to know. He deserves it all. Although times are tough especially when you’re empathetic towards the sufferings of your fellow people it’s hard to keep up with everything you try to repair.

He needs the notebook more than he needs the cash prize. The notebook containing many quotes, scriptures and testaments that play a role in why the land only allows the kindest of kind and purest of pure to be given the chance to exist in the paradise of beauty and ease. The contents intent is to bring something strong and worthy out of the entire thing. It does just as so and even more.

Now for our worthy one to find it is up to us! He has no clue that happiness and gratitude is about to spiral into his life for his journey is completely deserving. To justify his purity we try to attempt this in a sneaky yet peaceful manor. I guess you could consider our way of doing this to be a surprise granted to our special boy.

Just the way his face lights up from simple compliments we are ecstatic to get to witness how strongly our gift to him will effect his attitude on how he feels of himself. Since his character is more than remarkable and quite humble to the point he does not recognize himself. He is the boy who is kind, sweet, caring and nice. Yet he does not see these traits when he embraces himself. From his generosity down to his quick understanding he is quite the man. The man deserving of it all; all things beautiful, helpful, and beneficial.

Now, for him to be gifted he must be approached with the same amount of love he gives off to everybody he comes across. With tender care and with careful strides. That way he may never assume a contradiction. Anxiety may rule him at some point. Though he never and we all truly mean this: he never settles for less. In certain areas he may hang his head down low. That does not define this man, never has and surely never will!

The trick to him being awarded with our prize resembles a tactic from our end. He must be approached calmly and blamelessly be told through a ritual of what he may encounter. He has no clue how precious of a happening is pending on for his life. For him to reach the chance of being the one and only one COMPLETELY deserving of it. We have never known one other than him to be so pure and loving and fully on the slate of being so humble. He has all of the smarts, skills, and determination to find success from our clues. He truly is one of a kind and the kindest one of all.

The day has come. The day for Fabian's enriched exaggeration of luck. A day we have all been waiting for. I'm excited. It's a great day already and i know that no matter how he reacts it will be all out of pure glee. We're ready. Now, it's time to go find our guy. In our land nobody owns a home but they do have the right to a peaceful spot that delivers proper privacy and luxury. It is early in the day so his nook is the first place we shall try to find him. We knocked and he answered. Fabian opened the door with a surprised but pleased look on his face. "Hello!" he exclaims. "Quite early to be visiting but I am pleased and ready to start the day as that." I smile, "Well its a beautiful day and I have some special news for you." I proceed to say "Come, let us take a walk and I shall explain." He leads the way out.

"Fabian." I begin to say, "Is there anything you believe the lands can deliver to you?" I pause and stare at him. He looks back with a bright face. "Well no..." I look at him confused. "No?" I ask. "No. Exactly that." he replies. Tears form in my eyes but my crybaby self won't let them fall. "I'm confused" I state back. "Dear." he begins to say. "There is nothing more that the lands can provide to me. Zabeth is perfect in every way. I'm blessed to have even been welcomed in. This place is just so comforting and everything I've ever needed. So no, no there is not a single thing more that the lands can deliver to me because it is truly already at its grand peak. I need nothing more from it since my appreciation and respect to it have carried me through my darkest hours. I am blessed to be here and mean that with my whole heart." I step back stunned but relieved and reply, "You are truly a good hearted man, Fabian. The lands have acknowledged your greatness and have a special surprise awaiting for you. It's up to you if you would like to fulfil this task. What do you think?" He shyly looks away then looks directly at me with a smile and replies, "A surprise? Well I'd be a mad man to turn something special down." He looks internally excited.

"Yes. A surprise just for you." I reply. I reach into my purse with the instructions and hand it to him. "It's a bit of a game I had planned out for you. Should you find it difficult just follow your heart for the correct answer. You will be pleased to know it is no where near complicated you just need to follow the cards instructions and at the end of the game you will see why you are the one chosen for this." I smile at him, " Now get to playing and remember the lands dearly love you." With that last comment I am off and leave him there with his mind probably racing on my statement of why he was the somebody deserving of for our challenge.

Fabian's P.O.V.: "Wow" I exclaim to myself. "I am struck in great awe for myself. I guess lets get to playing." I look up and see the green path in which the instructions call for me to walk down. As I start to walk towards the path I see further away a side of Zabeth that I have not seen before. My excitement heightens. "This is already awesome!" I can't show enough appreciation for the feelings I'm having right now. "I wonder why me though." I ask myself. "Sure I'm a nice boy but what's so good about me compared to other people?" I start getting insecure. "I don't know but let's focus on the game." I reassure myself. "Game time! Let's get it." I say to myself then look back at the instructions. 'Follow the green path until you see the golden arches. Follow the new trail until you have reached the door to the kingdom of the golden arches. Once you are there say "I deserve this" and focus for 10 seconds. Once the 10 seconds are over open the gate, walk in and you shall see a black notebook in the midst of a pile of journals. This notebook in specific is the Clues to Success and it is all yours. When you read the pages you may be enlightened with information concerning general peace and gratitude that will last you a life time.'

"Not only is the notebook you're game's prize but if you look around the room until you see a yellow cashmere bag. The bags content will for sure leave you stunned! It's okay, go take a look." the instructions left me amazed. Not only am I bouncing with joy because I was blessed with being granted with clues to success, i am eager to see what this cashmere bag contains. It took a few moments but I found the bag and boy oh boy was i taken aback! $20,000 in full cash! I burst out crying. "How could i be so deserving of this?" I choke up. "I'm not being ungrateful I'm just so surprised. I-I-I can't believe this! Wow. This was the opportunity of a lifetime and I was the one they chose. Just thank you, really, thank you."

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About the Creator

Keanna Barry

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My writing is intended to be read by you and the lessons being learned from what i am saying is all i pray and hope for to help improve quality of life for you, me, and like everyone else too!

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