Reincarnation

Past Memory

A year ago, I was just sitting on the swing on the balcony. Yep, on the same balcony where I am standing right now thinking about the situation.

It was also nighttime, I came home from work and I was miserable. It was a hectic day at work and due to some technical issues, the machines stopped working and we all got criticized about our talents and skills and seriously... that felt like... it pulled the last string of that day to made us feel even worse than before. We all got dismissed for that day and to tell the truth I was more than happy to come back home from the office that day. All I just wanted to do was to relax. I got my book and sat on the swing on the balcony. Even though I just wanted to enjoy but thoughts started revolving in my head and distracted me from reading.

'Was I really not talented? Was I stupid? Am I a fool who was just miserable? Was I not skilled?' Thoughts started to blur me out and tears started to form in my eyes thinking about all the things that were told to us in the office. I started to criticize myself for not being up to that mark, for not being good enough........ What am I thinking?..... I threw the book that lay in front of me in frustration and started to breathe heavily.

'Huh...1.. huh...2.. huh...3.......' I started calming myself down by slowly breathing in and out. I looked up at the mess that I created and a sudden urge of anger and pain-filled in me due to the questions about my talent. I could feel the heat on my cheeks and I knew I was totally red because the heat was too much to take in. It was frustrating and I could not concentrate properly on one thing. I stood up to pick up the red-covered book from the floor, when all of a sudden I saw something floating in the mid-air, just hovering over my balcony.

Something which actually was unusual at this point in the night. But there it was, as still as a glass of water, a red balloon. My visions were blurred due to the tears which had formed earlier and when I saw after rubbing my eyes, there it was a balloon with a note.