Ladies and Gentlemen!

I would like to kindly ask you to sit down a little bit and take some deep breaths! Clear up your mind..

Done?

Now please imagine a large field in front of you.
It's a sunny day: everything's bright, peaceful - beautiful.
There are wild flowers around you. Cornflowers, camomiles.
Red poppies. And butterflies. Not those colourful ones
- you know what I'm thinkin' about - but only some simple,
plain ones in the colour of white, light blue and yellow.


There are some trees too. With a creek below.

By the creek lies two young, not-yet-so-adult girl
in light dresses, with their feet in the fresh water.

The wind is gently blowing. Birds are chattering in the background.

Can you see it? Feel the spirit of it?

Good.

Now, you can read on...

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'Mary?'
'Mmmm...?'
'How do you feel?'
'How do I feel? I dunno... I'm enjoying the sun.'
'No, not like that. I mean do you feel something now, that it has ended?'
'Nope, not really...'
'Me neither' 
*sigh*
'But...aint we supposed to feel something? I mean, people usually have different feelings when something comes to an end. Especially if that something was so good. Grief. Fear maybe. A little bit of nostalgia. Anything. But this. This emptiness is so weird. Almost creepy.'
'I don't think so. Everything has to have an end sometimes. It might be sooner, or it might be later. But it will come. Time passing by we learn to accept it. To live with it. Maybe even to like it. And, you know... Maybe it was just enough from such 'goodness'. It also has to go so that other kinda good could come... Is it understandable?'
'Yupp, I think I get it.'
'Good. So don't feel bad about not feeling anything, okay?'
'Okie-dokie.'
...
'What about some ice-cream?'
'Sounds great!'
'Okay, let's go! I'm payin' '

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'Ummm, and, Lisa...'
'Yupp?'
'You know it's not really the end yet?'
'Yeah, I know. But it's almost. It is like that.'
'But it isn't. Maybe the feelings are gonna come afterby. After it really has ended.'
'You think so?'
'Absoulutely.'
'Great.'
...
'Mary?'
'Yes?'
'Thank you'
'Your welcome, my dear.' 

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