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One experience can change everything

Let's suppose you are talking with a species who is just finding themselves, looking for things to do before her death date. She has lived for about 105 years, a huge rate in comparison to humans. One day she woke up worried about her extinction, she always had something to do but at the moment she had no idea of her life, she had no inspiration at all; it was as if she had never been happy. She had two options, to continue doing nothing but wasting her time looking at the ceiling, or think of better ways of being productive and return to her happiness gap. Something cool popped up in Elle's mind, your friend right here talking to you, myself. It was the answer to her loneliness, well, at least that's what she thought at the moment. The most haphazard thing was, believe it or not, spending time on other planets differently to what little miss non-perfection at all (Elle) denominated as the “boresome” phase. I was going to start my new adventure, which involves meeting species like you, dear human being out there somewhere, in what would be my next destination. Well, at least that was what I wanted to believe, the job of full adventure and what would help me find a new ME. 

 

              "You have arrived at your destination", the beloved spaceship said once and over again. I had arrived on Earth, finally! According to her, well, I,  the first thing she did was to grab what you guys know as your lifesavers, coffee, the most delicious thing I had ever tasted in my whole life, which I appreciated back on the day I had left the galaxy. Let’s go back to that specific moment I entered Starbucks and I was surrounded by thousands of people, everyone either talking to one another or having conversations through that giant technology resource that was so into them;  they looked stupefied every time they grabbed that thing and spent more than an hour or two with it. I was wondering how people could just waste their time on that thing. But well, that was not the case. Nothing happened until someone reached out to me and told me, "go back to your home", "do you think you will be accepted here, little monster? "We don't want you here, now get out, be that little nasty girl you are." No one has ever talked to me like that before. It was not a human talking to me, it was the devil punishing me for my sins, I wanted to believe that there was no way that these people would hurt me in such ways. 

 

              I was a girl who always loved second chances. Well, it was something that made me the person I was, someone who never gave up and always reached for big opportunities. I was that girl who used all the tools of life to overcome any situation, I was not that little nasty girl that guy over Earth told me once. I spent 15 days on Earth, trying to figure out which type of people I was dealing with. I had already found the kind of people who blame others just because they are having a bad day, so they think that doing so makes them change something of their realities. Next, I found the best version of humanity, a child asking a stranger how she was doing, if she was happy, and asking about the beautiful texture that composed her. That was the MOST beautiful thing someone ever had told me in contrast to others. And Finally, well, after days of deep investigation, I had finally made conclusions. There were people out there who were happy and accepted others but also there were those who were always fighting for themselves and guilting others for their actions.

 

             My last day on Earth, day 15 exactly. I was taking a walk just like normal creatures do for a living when someone suddenly followed me, at least that was what I could feel, I was kind of scared, I was new, in this kind of world. I knew that his problem was not me walking into the streets as others, it was my portrait. I was not human that was the problem. I concluded that humanity, just like the word itself says, was and continues to be just for humans, there's no place for imperfections or differences. Finally but not least. I  arrived on Earth thinking that I'll meet some cool people out there. That we will be able to have normal conversations about whichever matter we could get into, we could just start a normal conversation and then finish it as normal people who had learned several things about topics that were unknown to each other or that could change their way of thinking or looking it in other perspectives; being open-minded. Now, what do you think about this? What are your opinions?

Isabela Juliao 10B
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