God Sends

A few decades from now you will probably find yourself with wispy white hair and rattling limbs, sitting in an old armchair and reflecting back at your past. Vivid scenes from each stage of your life will come rushing and cause a slight smile to play on your lips or make you sigh. Throughout your life you saw the coming and going of a large number of people, the names of some you probably would not even recall now. These were people who you shared laughter and homework with over steaming cups of coffee. They were a major part of your everyday life. Only you went home and forgot about them. The marks they left on your life were like footprints in sand, soon to be swept away and forgotten.

Amongst this crowd of people you see huddled in a corner those people who were the ones who managed to leave their carvings on the pillar of your life. You would be surprised to find that some people who you assumed would be part of that huddle are not there. You would be even more surprised to find that those people who were the least expected candidates have got admission into the gates of your heart. They were the ones who had actually shared your grief and happiness. They were those stars that guided you through your darkest and most difficult times. They were probably a lab partner in school, who helped you out of a sticky situation with your chemistry teacher, or maybe just a stranger, who saw you crying on a park bench and helped you mend a broken heart. These were the ones who left the marks that were like footprints in clay, strong and indestructible.

Suddenly, you snap out of your reverie and look around. A tear rolls down your cheek and you say a little prayer for them. How and when one touches another person's heart is unknown. The smallest gesture of kindness can give a person a lifetime of happiness. Angels like these come for a short while in people's lives and leave after their work is finished. Call them God sends if you like, but you can be sure that you will find one at the turn of the darkest of alleys life makes you walk through...