A Gift is something special given to another person without expecting anything in return
Gifts may come in different shapes or sizes depending on how big the person giving it wants it to be.
Gifts may also come in the shape of human beings,some people give out things to the less privileged without expecting anything in return while some change people's lives without expecting anything in return as so it was for Jason who received a Gift in the shape of a human being.
This is a short story of Jason's trials, misfortunes and victory in life.
Jason was a 80 year old octagenerian whose life story should be shared for all to hear and if possible made into a movie so that the upcoming generation would see it and learn some life lessons from.
Life hasn't always been kind to Jason from the day he was born nothing but tragedy and misery followed him.
His parents passed away when he was just 2 years old so he had to live with his uncle and aunt with their six children who were far older than him and instead of taking care of him they turned him to their house boy.
They stopped him from schooling at the age of 8 and everyday all he did was different strenuous house chores including washing the clothes of his older cousins.
Every night he cried and prayed and wished for a change in his situation but no major change seemed forthcoming.
As for feeding they barely gave him enough to eat because he only ate once a day and the most painful part was that he was the one that cooked all their meals.
The same pattern went on till at the age of 20 when he decided that enough was enough,he ran away from his uncle's home to an unknown destination.
He survived intially with the Little money he was able to save from going on errands for his uncle and aunt.
He slept in hotels during the nights and once day breaks he went out and did menial jobs which he used the small money he made for feeding but after a few months the money finished and he was casted out to the streets to survive on his own.
He survived by doing the menial jobs he was doing which was barely enough for him and at nights he slept under a bridge with some other homeless people.
Days turned into months and months into years but no changes had occured in his life.He had turned fourth years old and was used to life on the streets by then.
He was tired of living that kind of life but he did not see a way to change it,he barely slept at night because of many hazards that occurred like stealing,murders,rapes and so on.
He was tired of crying all the time so one day he decided to end it all,he planned to jump off the 50 foot high bridge into the deep waters at night so no one would notice.
That night he dashed out his few belongings to several other homeless people who wondered what what going on.
He climbed up to the top of the bridge and sayed his final prayers,then he jumped in to the deep waters.
Next thing he remembered was waking up in a hospital room,he thought that he was died but everything around him looked real.
The doctor that treated him came into the room smiling at him
> "Good morning mister,how are you feeling now? Does anything hurt?" The doctor asked in a polite manner
> "What am i doing here? What's going on? Who brought me here?" Where the first words that came out of his mouth
> "You fell off the 50 foot high bridge and you almost drowned but luckily people around rescued you and a nice lady brought you here" the doctor answered politely
> "You are very lucky because you barely missed hitting your head in a big rock in the water although you broke some bones due to the impact you are going to fully recover in a few weeks time" the doctor explained
Jason was shocked and unhappy because he had already planned to end it all.
> "Who is the lady that brought me here?" He asked
Immediately the door opened and a beautiful young woman came in smiling.
> "Good morning mister i can see that you are already awake,thank God for you" she said
> "Please who are you? Jason asked politely
> "My name is miss Precious and i brought you to this hospital last night" she answered
> "I would like to know everything about you and why you decided to end your life if that's okay with you" she said
Jason started narrating his life story from day one till that point and as he was narrating it he started shedding tears which moved the lady and the doctor who was still there to tears too.
She promised to help him and change his life story,when he fully recovered she fulfilled her promise to him and changed everything about him.
As time progressed they started taking a liking to each other because they were always together and people that did not know them personally would think that they were a married couple.
Jason proposed to her one day and to his surprise she said yes.
They ended up getting married a few years later and they started a beautiful family together.
> "Grandpa why are you crying" his youngest grandchild asked him bringing him back to consciousness
> "Oh i was remembering some beautiful memories my dear" he answered passionately
His wife who knew what he was remembering looked at him and smiled and he smiled back.
> "What is the greatest gift someone has ever given to you grandpa" the oldest grandchild asked
> "Gather around my children i am going to tell you a beautiful story now about the greatest gift someone has given me" he said and winked to his wife who bursted into a happy laughter.
His children who already knew what he was going to say joined in the laughter and the children who had no idea what was going on joined in too and the house and everything around joined in too.