Steemit Challenge s28wk3: When Hope Returns

Date: 02-12-2025.
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Ronnie never thought his life would change so much.Once a day started with a smile and ended with a call from a loved one, everything seems to stop when that person is gone.Staring at the ceiling, going days without food, heart palpitations when hearing phone notifications.Slowly these became the rules of his life.But the gardener he met in the park that morning brought a new lease of life to his life.The tree will bloom when the season returns.This sentence softened something inside him.

Maybe what dries up never dies.If time is right it becomes new again.Every morning now he goes to the park.At first he just stood. But later the habit of seeing the tree develops.The smell of damp earth soothed him strangely. Day after day the branches of the tree swelled, buds formed and finally one day suddenly pink flowers bloomed.Roni's eyes were watery. So long that there was emptiness in the heart.It's as if a little sun has entered there.He tries to change himself with time.One day he decides to go back to work.

Seeing the faces of colleagues, the old pressure and fear is not felt so much anymore.The storm within him subsided.But the biggest change came after seeing Nina.Nina is the new joiner, very quiet-mannered, but with a strange warmth in her smile.Ronnie had noticed on day one. He could listen to someone very intently.There is no haste in that attention, no pretense, as if trying to understand people's words.Ronnie thought he hadn't seen anyone like that in a long time.

Days go by.Small talk in the office, discussing work, sitting at the same table during lunch break.All are ordinary, yet slowly an unfamiliar feeling takes place inside Ronnie.he is afraid May break again, may lose again. This fear makes him want to retreat.one afternoon after office they both went out together.outside,the light rain has stopped, the smell of wet leaves in the air.Nina says as she walks.You look like you've been through a lot.Ronnie stops.Maybe he says it,but it always feels like something is broken inside.

Nina is silent for a while. Then says.Even broken things can be put together again. If he is given time. Just like dry trees in winter.You saw it yourself, didn't you?Something trembled in Ronnie's chest.He felt it for the first time. Maybe he wasn't as broken as before.Next day Rony goes to the park in the morning.That old tree is full of flowers now. He looks as if someone wants to tell him.You can too. He went to work and stood in front of Nina's desk.He said in a slightly shy tone. Let's have coffee?Nothing but coffee.Nina smiles that familiar, warm smile.Come on, she says.But the story doesn't end there.

Sitting at the coffee shop table, Ronnie notices Nina holding a small notebook in her hand.When she opened it,she was surprised.Nina could draw, and in that notebook she drew a picture of a dry tree, next to which was written.Hope grows quietly.And returns when you are finally ready.Ronnie then realizes that Nina is not just a colleague. He may have been through some tough times himself.The broken parts inside the two slowly begin to meet. Ronnie suddenly feels that this is not love, at least not now. This is his own reincarnation.One door closes, another slowly opens.

Nina comes into his life not for a new relationship.But to remind him.When you are ready,spring comes back.Roni looks at the sky before leaving the office.There is a light breeze.A genuine smile appears on his face after a long time.

I will invited to my friends.
@riyadx2 already join
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