User:Sacha roopnarine

A GENTLE WIND by sacha roopnarine. WHAT IS A GENTLE WIND ABOUT? A Gentle Wind consist of 73 inspirational / romantic poems and four fictional short stories. the poems are basically my emotions. there were times when i was too afraid of the challanges in life that i kept myself away from others, times when i hurt the ones i love, times when people deceived me, times when all i thought of was ending my life. in the ending of 2007 till 2008 i was medically ill. i was unable to attend school and have a normal life. i was isolated away from my friends and the life i wanted, a life to be healthy. these were the days when i wanted to be close to the ones i love but couldn't. my family suffered together with me and walked through every step of the way with me. i knew i was reluctantly hurting them but what could i have done? i couldn't control what we were experiencing, a life of pain, sleepless nights, hopeless days, every moment was filled of sorrow as all of us seeked to find a better life for me, to make me healthy. i wrote my feelings as it was the only way i could relieve little pain. WHAT INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS BOOK? I was inspired to write poems and short stories during the one year period when i was ill. it created a way for me to express my feelings of happiness, sorrow, love, hatred, etc. during that period, i knew people were laughing at me whenever i fell ill, sometimes they would even say things to my face and it hurt alot hence the reason why i wrote my feelings. i wanted to become someone and move up in life, i had alot of dreams back it slowly died as people told me i couldn't reach my dreams. my family - parents, brothers, sisters and brother in laws, were the only ones who stood by my side and encouraged me to focus on my desires and forget about the ones who were trying to keep me down. i had two minds, one said give up and the other said reach for your dreams. it was frustrating. sometimes i pushed everyone away without realising what i doing was hurting my family. they had sleepless nights, they even put their life on hold for me. soon later i realised what i did was wrong. the sadest thing was seeing my family in dismay over my mistakes and over me being ill. i could not even face them to say "i'm sorry" so i wrote my feelings. i started to believe in myself and i prayed every moment. i slowly found the happiness i was looking for. i knew God was testing my faith by putting me through everything and i showed him i was stong and i believe in him and most of all i showed everyone who tried to bring me down that i'm stronger than that. today i'm healthy, happy and i have evrything i ever wanted, my health and the most perfect family. thank you God. WHO SHOULD READ A GENTLE WIND? Anyone can read a gentle wind. i wrote it in a way that anyone can understand and relate to it. it mainly focuses on teenagers because everything in this book is my experiences as a teenager. an adult can also read it as it would help them to understand how a teenager thinks and could probably help them to approach issues better when dealing with teenagers. WHY YOU SHOULD READ A GENTLE WIND You should read this book because it would help you to understand what life is about. yes, i may not know much because i'm young, but i've been through alot and i've learnt from my past and one of the reasons why i wrote this book is to show others that there is always hope even in the darkest times and we just need to have faith, pray alot and believe in God and yourself. this book will inspire people to rise above their obstacles and help them move forward.