Elaine+Lee+-+Walk+in+the+Woods

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=Paragraph = As I strolled through the woods, faced down, I thought of all the troubles running through my head. And then there I spotted, a tiny portion of the ground lightened. I schemed the area once more and found more parts of nature lightened--lightened by streaks of sunlight peeking through the branches above. And there, I thought, ‘I am the sunlight shining through branches.’ I do not shine magnificently like the sun nor do I give the world and people as much as the sun does. I am not the center of the solar system nor am I the center of the world. But one thing I am is a ray of hope. In the midst of all the tangled branches, I somehow manage the shine between the wedged branches. I come and go as day becomes night. I cannot brighten up the entire world, but I can brighten up a tiny portion of nature. And as I looked at the brightened area I thought ‘no matter what sort of branches are in the way I will still shine through and brighten at least a tiny area.’ It also reflects upon me in a way that I won’t be a huge role-model nor change lives of people. As the ray of light can’t brighten the entire Earth, I won’t become a huge person who influences the world. As the streak of sunlight between branches lightens only a small portion of nature, I know that if I can help one person’s life through mine, I’ve fulfilled my purpose.