Our Lives Are A Manual — Start Reading Now!

“Ok Miss Do-the-right-thing, how do you know that would happen to you if you had gone in with Christina? Her business plan was amazing and I believe success was waiting for you,” Delizea demands from Joy.

Chewing a big bite of her calzone, washing it down with sips of cranberry-grape juice, she swallowed, then said, “I read the manual.”

“There is a manual that tells you how to live?” Delizea questioned, confusion spreading across her face.

Joy gave her full eye contact, then said, “Yep,” taking another bite of her Calzone.

“What about you not following Ora to Paul’s house?”

“I read the manual.”

“How did you know that Kenneth would attempt to harm Lois?”

“Again, I read the manual.”

“Where can I get that manual to buy?”

“It’s free,” Joy informs.

Nodding in annoyance, Delizea demands, “Where can I get a copy?”

Joy gazes at her, then says, “Look into their lives.”

“You are not making sense!” Delizea said staring at her in frustration.

“This manual, demands thought and time.”

“Thought, I can give. Time, means money,” Delizea states.

“Then you can’t gain access to the Manual of Life”

“You are annoying me!” Delizea almost shouts.

Giggling as if she was being tickled, after finishing her Cranberry-grape juice, Joy hauled her up the rugged terrain of Memory Mountain. “Christina is greedy and dishonest. She cheats everyone, every chance she gets. She has lots of enemies and only cares about herself and what she wants and can get from others. If I go into business with her, I know she will swindle me like she did with others in the past. Plus, someone that she stole from will want revenge putting me and my hard-earned money in the wrong place at the right time.”

“Now I get it. Tell me about Paul and Ora?”

“I don’t trust him, and he flirts with all of Ora’s friends and I am uncomfortable around him,” Joy explained.

“So what?”

“My instincts keep taking me to a red light whenever I am around him.”

“Why didn’t you say something about it?”

“I did, and she accuse me of being jealous of her. I didn’t know that he wanted to do a threesome with one of her friends.”

“What!” Delizea cried, then covered her mouth, her eyes popping in shock. “She didn’t know?”

“I don’t think she did,” Joy divulged. “But she left when he proposed it to Justine whom he was friendly with and she shared it with the world.”

“Damn!” Delizea screeched. “Kenneth’s turn.”

Joy went on, “He was very jealous and questioned everything Lois did. He searched her phone and followed her around. Dictates how much time she spends with family and friends. Even when she should leave work. I know Lois. In time she will rebel and he might harm her.”

“How come you are the only one aware of all of this?” Delizea questioned wide eyes.

“You know I love to read,” Joy reminds her.

“So the manual allows you to read actions and lives?”

“No,” Joy said smiling. “I chose to. Because with certain knowledge, all of our decisions can be made better.”

“So knowing what you know from reading their life’s manuals, you can make better life decisions?” Delizea questioned.

Joy stared at her smiling.

With popped eyes, she stared back, then exclaimed, “Damn! You are right. Show me how to read those manuals,” Delizea begs.

“Thought you didn’t have the time?”

“Girl, if that’s all it takes to make my life better. I will make time to save my life!”

“Well, being aware is the first step. Everything happening in our world has been tried and done before. So, the consequences and rewards are out there in the life, actions, choices, decisions, and intentions of someone we know, or read about.”

“Damn, you are so right?”

Yes, as the Bible says, ‘There is nothing new under the sun.’ It takes mental, emotional, spiritual, and psychological awareness, understanding of life, wisdom, common sense, empathy, and more to see and read the manuals of the life and living of everyone around us. History also stores lots of information. — Annelise Lords

The best part is, that the manual is free, all it demands is time and thought.

If your heart could speak, what would it say?

As a female who loves to read, I read the life manuals of everyone I know, then use that knowledge to make decisions with wisdom, common sense, and understanding of life and living. Annelise Lords

Do you read the Manual of Life?

Thank you for reading this piece. I hope you enjoyed it.