About six months ago, I got the plant. Someone gave it to me. It said, "You always feel tired, don't feel good about yourself, don't do anything and if you do anything you are dead tired after five minutes. Put that plant in your room, take good care of it and you will see that it can help you. It is special for you."
At first, I didn't notice anything. But gradually I did feel that I was getting calmer. After a few months, I could do some work around the house again. Before that, I was just sitting on the sofa or lying in my bed. I started sleeping better. I also started to become more cheerful. I could receive some visitors again. Things were going so well that I decided to go on holiday for a fortnight. The neighbour would look after the plants and the house.
Over the holidays, things got better and better. The second week, I said to my husband, " I feel like I'm all better!"
I enjoyed going home again. When I got home, the neighbour was waiting for me and asked if I had had a good time.
When I finished, she said she also had something unpleasant to say. The plant had died and she found that very annoying. I just watered it. But it didn't want to anymore. I said I didn't mind but to myself I thought, "Could it have been because I am better and the plant has done its job, sacrificed itself. What do YOU think?" A.E.L
