Have You Ever Wondered...? (standard:Inspirational stories, 1157 words)
Author: Alex Townsend	Added: Dec 19 2009	Views/Reads: 3026/1896	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A Fictional short story about how a simple, seemingly insignificant act, can change the world.

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"You've already done it." 

"What?" 

"You've set God's plan in motion just by coming here with me." 

"Being here? What do I have to do here?" She spins around getting a look
at everything. Unless Mr. Angel expects her to make a peace-wish in the 
fountain, there isn't much she can do for the world here...if she could 
at all. 

"You don't have to do anything here. I told you, you've already done it.
You've fulfilled your purpose in life and you don't even realize it." 
He smiles. 

The nerve! He's twirling her mind in circles about destiny and
crap...making her think she could be part of something big...confusing 
her to no-end...and he's smiling?! 

"I don't know what you're talking about." She turns away from him,
trying desperately to put the pieces together. What could she have 
possibly done to have such a huge impact on the world? ...For God, 
even? 

"Would you like to see?" 

"See what?" She snaps. 

"What you've done for the future." 

"Look here" He gazes at the water and waves his hand over it. The
fountain stops running. He seems to have paused the world. She sits 
down again, almost afraid, and looks perplexed at the suddenly-still 
and glossy water. It fogs then gets crystal clear like a brand-new TV 
screen. 

~*~*~*~ 

She sees a scene from her life, not 30 minutes ago...both of them
getting off the bus. They start to cross the road when a lady in an SUV 
slows down and blares her horn at them. The driver sees her run-off 
towards the fountain in the park, but whoever's controlling the 
'camera' stays with the car. 

"Look at that girl's skirt! Now that's hot!" says the passenger, "I
should get into fashion" "Yeah right...dream on, girl" 

*The water fogs, creating a blur...which clears up to reveal...* 

the passenger at a fashion show talking with magazine editors. 

*blur* 

her sketching a blue dress. 

*blur* 

the blue dress on a model at a photo shoot. 

*click* 

that picture on the cover of a magazine on display at a grocery store in
Colorado. A girl is attracted to it and picks it up. 

*blur* 

her in her room, reading it. She finishes and puts in on her vanity. 

*blur* 

her little brother sneaking in and taking it. He sits on his bed and
cuts it up, using the big pretty letters for his school project about 
the US Judicial system. 

*blur* 

him standing at the front of his class getting praise from his teacher
"I think Mr. Johnson has found his calling. *smiles*" He beams. 

*blur* 

him as an adult: on the Supreme Court. Reads aloud the ruling of
abortion as murder. The Supreme Court throws out Roe v Wade. 

*blur* 

young woman crying in California "I'm sorry! I didn't mean for this to
happen..." Her parents are disappointed, but support her and give her 
hugs 

*blur* 

that woman having a baby girl. The doctor shows the baby to her mom.
"Anna" is the baby's name. 

*blur* 

yearly pictures of Anna's school-career plus graduation announcements
from Princeton. Then presidential campaigning signs with her name. 

*blur* 

Headline: "1st woman president of the United States of America" 

*blur* 

Anna giving a speech. Gets shot by a man who didn't want a woman as
president. 

*blur* 

he runs away as fast as he can until he passes a church. He trips on the
sidewalk, lands on the shadow of the cross atop the church, and dies. 
Blood trickles out from under him and spells out "sinner" 

*blur* 

News reporting the assassination of the president and the odd death of
her killer. "It was at first said to be a coincidence, only six more 
people have died in the same odd circumstances on each of the following 
6 days..." 

*blur* 

Scanning: pictures of newspaper clippings, people searching the internet
to learn more, a map of the US showing where all of the deaths took 
place, drawing a giant cross by connecting the dots. 

*blur* 

People flock to churches. Millions turn to God. 

~*~*~*~ 

"But I didn't do that!" 

"Yes, you did." 

"That's not all because of me...I just walked across the street for
Heaven's sake! That's retarded!" 

"Without you, none of it will have happened. Hundreds of people have,
and will later, play a role in making this a reality. 

If we took you out of the picture, it would all just fall apart." 

~


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