An original story

The Lonely Cloud
by: Mherriel Joy A. Comeros

Raina Lynn O. Manansala  

Once, there was a lonely cloud who wanted to have a friend. He was so sad that he told Mr. Sun about his problem. Meanwhile, a river looked up to the sky and thought   of himself being up there. Mr. Sun heard her desire to go up above and because of this, Mr. Sun got a brilliant idea and thought of a way how to help them both. Mr.  Sun then maximized the intensity of his heat and extended his rays covering the whole world. As expected, River slowly elevated reaching Cloud. Cloud was so happy and surprised that at last, he finally found a friend. Cloud and River became best of friends and they wandered and shared memories together.

But one day, Cloud felt something heavy and unusual within him. As time passed by, River got heavier and heavier. After few hours, the unaware Cloud suddenly released the getting heavier River. Even though he tried not to let her go, he could no longer take and handle it anymore. River eventually went back from where she came from and Cloud was left blue and alone.

Cloud decided to approach Mr. Sun and shared his disappointment.
Mr. Sun told him that that there are truly things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn and someone we can’t live without but have to let go. With this, Cloud realized that he really has to let go of the things that he cannot control. He learned that the key to happiness is learning to let go and by being thankful to God for whatever he has.

Moral Lesson: Accept the things that are beyond your control. Learn to be satisfied with what you have and you will always be happy.