March 25, 2022
Responsible, hardworking, well-determined, ambitious, and goal-seeker. That's how you can define Ruby.
Growing up with no silver spoon on their table led her to bend over backwards for her family. Her will to change her status in life and achieve her goals made her aim higher and became ambitious. She's ambitious as she seems, but with two feet on the ground, down to earth, and has strong faith in Him.
Each day and night, she would go the extra mile and wouldn't care about unnecessary things unrelated to her life as she only has one vision in mind, and that is to have a brighter future and be successful in life. For as long as she's not stepping on someone's shoes and just heading to the right track, she would keep going until she fulfilled what she aimed for in life.
To seek better opportunities she conquered the foreign land and hoped to have a better twist of fate. It was tough for her at the beginning but she eventually got hold of things and her new life as well as adopted the new culture of the new place and was able to withstand the new challenges thrown at her.
Oftentimes, she would burn candles at both ends as it was necessary to get things done. She wouldn't mind the pain and aching muscles and she would continue working until dawn. She would endure the growing pains and would even extend the night to grind online just to save more for her future.
During dark days, she would battle with her mind and would find ways to get out of the dark to seek the light. Sometimes, she would be lost in the process and found it hard to divert her pessimistic thoughts. But with her strong faith and determination, she would step over stones and pass the strenuous inclines just to get back on track.
Men would pass by her but she would just ignore them. Her heart remains cold as she built a strong wall around it long ago. She wouldn't care about being alone and lonely as an introverted person became used to it. Although at times she wanted to feel being loved, the situation and her ambition opted her to seal her heart to focus on her goal, to avoid distractions and getting pain as well.
Days, months, and years have passed and she never stops sweating blood and grabbing every opportunity that comes her way. Some doors closed but more windows opened for her. Failures were inevitable but she put her hopes higher and never backed down as her stepping ladder to her goals was so high.
Her vision started to materialize and things started to fall into place. She traveled, wandered, and visited her dream places. She built a house for her family and sent all her siblings to school. She bought a car for her dar and grew more plants on their farm. A little business she put up boomed in her hometown. And her other goals were just within her reach. The once fantasy life started to become real.
Decades passed and she found a home in the foreign land, yet still alone. It seemed like she didn't want to leave it anymore. In her home, her siblings were growing and building their own lives and families. Her parents were not getting younger anymore. And just like them, white colors started to show on her hair. Fine lines were drawn on her forehead, eye corners, and glabella.
The five years became ten. The ten years became fifteen, extended to twenty, and ended up in thirty. She thought she had saved enough and opted to go back to her homeland.
As she stepped into her homeland, she barely recognized the place. A lot of things have changed in time and more new buildings were seen in all corners. She seemed unfamiliar with the paths anymore and she seemed like she was in another place. Through the use of innovation, she was able to trace back her new home.
In a secluded part of her hometown where their farm was located, she entered a private gate and a relative who seemed to be the property's caretaker greeted her. She passed through green footpaths surrounded by trees and flowers. And came across a sanctuary where chirping birds created a chorus as she walked along.
At the end of the footpath, a huge house appeared at her sight, too different from her expectations, yet, better than what was written in her plans. She entered the huge house and a picturesque place welcomed her. It was well furnished with calming colors and ambiance. The travel photos she sent to her family were all posted on the walls.
She walked around and climbed up the stairs to the second floor. She stopped on the balcony facing the beautiful calm lake and hillocks. Along the lake was a two-storey modern tiny house personally built for her. On the side was a garden of colorful flowers and plants. The benches underneath the canopy of trees were painted green as well to match the place. The water in the blue pool glimmered as the sun rays flashed into it. And a water fountain below her balcony was turned on and splashed water up the air. The gardener came out and waved his hat at her.
All her goals were achieved and she had a successful life. Her house was filled with things she dreamed of, yet, it was empty with no visible souls of her loved ones, even of her parents. They're old and probably in her sibling's care.
She wandered around the house and stopped on the corner of the living room. She ran her fingers through the table with family photographs. The old photos made her conscious of her age, of how much time had passed, and of what an interesting life she'd had.
All of a sudden, the chilly breeze crept into her and silence was deafening. She sat on her sofa facing the balcony. The sun was slowly sitting down below the small hills.
Her mind traveled far and reminisced of the past. But worrying thought abruptly came out. She suddenly realized, she might be alone for the rest of her life.
After a moment...
Footsteps broke the silence that was coming from behind her and made her head turn in the sounds' direction. A young kid smiling happily and running towards her.
"Tita!!" The kid shouted. Familiar faces started to showed up one by one, old and young.
An upside curve was formed in her lips and tears fall on her face. In her mind, she asked herself and answered...
"Will I really be alone forever? Maybe no."
Her old mother's hand held her wrinkled hand and uttered...
"You've done more than enough. Don't ever leave us anymore."
Fin..
There you go. This is just a fiction story made by my imagination based on real-life situations. I was inspired to write this after reading Ate @Pachuchay and @Eybyoung articles with prompts from the most dangerous random prompt generator initially started by @meitanteikudo's prompt factory.
Unlike others, I used two prompts here and no timer as I wrote this while at work and can't finish it in just one sitting. If you read the story, it might be familiar to you and know who I am referring to🙈. While writing the ending part, I felt sad though as I relate it to myself. Will I forever be alone? Maybe yes, maybe no.
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Success is a difficult battle to win, we have to sacrifice our time, and strive harder every day to reach our goal, that is not easy.
The sudden changes of adapting to a new culture are another type of challenge that is very difficult to meet.
Ruby went through many changes in her life in order to fulfill her dreams, sacrificing time with her family and adapting to a new place far away from them, just to fulfill her dreams.
Ruby worked hard to get everything she needed, I think we should all strive as hard as she did to get what we want for our lives.