"The Little Black Book"

"MOLESKINE'', she read to herself. "Hmm I heard of these, but who left

this here?" She looked around seeing green leaves blowing back and forth

in the wind, after looking upon the little black book sitting on the park

bench. Her eyes kept searching around to speak to someone in wonder of

who the book belonged to, but there was no one in sight. She decided to

pick up the book and open it. It was as if time went into slow motion and

all sound became more intense. Her heart beat was in her mind speeding

up as her breath became the only thing she could hear. The thin black

leather strings slowly fell apart as she unraveled it's grip around the book's

body. Gently opening the book with her hands she read the first page,

"Today is the day your life will change and what you have found has now

become what was given to you through time and ordinance." She paused

and stared in a gaze, thinking and searching for more text to read, but

there was none. The high pitch sound of 2 children laughing and running

past, came up behind her. She instantly turned around and looked at the

children skip away as their parents walked behind them. She looked up and

around the park again to see more people coming in. She took a seat to

open the book once more with her finger still in place of the page she read.

Again, everything returned to slow motion as she reached to turn the page

and read, "As you may already know, there were 2 children playing and

laughing behind you just a moment ago." She dropped the book on her lap,

looked around and placed the book back next to her where she found it.

She got up slowly walking away as her adrenaline increased, making her

palms sweaty. "How? What?!... I mean, am I dreaming? What did I just

read?", she thought to herself, as she looked up and forward searching for

the children that once passed behind her. "I'm not crazy. This has to be a

dream!" She stopped in her pace, feeling a pull of uncertainty. She turned

her head to the left behind her to see the little black book still sitting there,

where she found it and left it. People kept passing by, but no one touched

it. As she approached the book again, she looked around and took a seat.

She reached to her left to open the book for the 3rd time. The 1st page was

the same and the 2nd page changed as she read again, "You don't have to

be afraid of what you are reading. You are writing these pages. You do not

see writing anymore about children because you didn't like what you read.

It made you afraid to see your own life written in a book. You see, there was

a time when you were a little girl and you wished upon many things. Your

wants and desires as a child are always the most innocent and pure. Life

gets ahold of us all and changes us. This book was destined for you and

many others like yourself. There were many others who picked up this book

before you and there will be many others to pick it up after. This is your

moment in time to reflect on what you want written about your life in your

own book. This book must go on to reach many others like you, but your

own book is still being written in the universe you live in. These pages are

written as they are read, by the one who finds it and is holding it in their

hands. Some write more and some write less in these blank pages, but they

are never permanent since it must keep moving along. They are written as

you read them, as a guide to your new life. They give you a sense of new

direction to the things you want. What you hold in your hands is a time

piece. It is recorded in your own book in the universe, that you, came

across it. Just know it brings you good change. There is only one page in

this book that is never erased. Everyone who is given this book for a time is

allowed to see all of the other names who have held it in their hands. Your

name will too, be recorded in this book. You will not remember this book in

time, as your new direction unfolds. You will receive a gift of $20,000

sealed in an envelope in your mail. This envelope will too, be like this book.

It will show itself as regular mail when you receive it and look upon it.

When you open your gift the envelope will become blank. You will receive

the $20,000 along with another message for you. Look upon these blank

pages and write while you're here, on what you want. What do you want to

read about yourself. What do you want to know? What do you want to

remember? Look upon the last page and see your name as it is being

written in front of your own eyes." She wiped her face from her tears,

thought about the life she wanted to live and how she wanted to change it.

She then turned to the last page. As she looked upon many other names

written next to the dates, she began to cry more. She seen names written so

far back as BC, many different names she witnessed in all sorts of different

writing languages of the world through time. As she scrolled down the page

with her finger, there was an open blank space. She watched and witnessed

her name being written with starry eyes in the blank space sealed with the

date next to it. She looked up and forward staring off into space as she

believed in the book, but still didn't understand how it was real. People

kept walking by, some staring at her in concern and others to busy to

notice. She looked down back at the book as it revealed one more message

at the bottom of the page, "Everyone's gift is different. This is what you

chose to change your life. You'll receive another important message

along with your gift in the envelope the next time you check your mail.

When you close this little black book , place it back where you found it and

don't look back. Your new life awaits you."