It’s a cloudy day. Nice weather for taking a walk. So I walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. I feel the wind rush by my face in the other direction, like it was in a hurry to find something I had left behind. I start smiling at the thought of my past, my experiences, my youth, the things I left behind, the people I left behind….. and my life. I smile at the thought that as I walk forward, I leave all those experience behind, or rather, I use those experiences to help me put one step in front of the other. Yes, I smile, but I keep walking. For once, my past is behind me. It no longer pulls at me when I pretend I’m okay, it no longer stops me from walking forward, it no longer reminds me of what I lack but instead it reminds me of who I have become in spite of it all. I sigh a big sigh of relief at being free from all the pain and misery I burdened myself with and I smile. The sun is coming out, it is peeking out from the clouds. It’s radiance and warmth gently touch my face. The waving grass and swaying flowers seem just as delighted as I am at the warmth that has touched upon them as well and yes, we all smile together.