{"id":30635,"date":"2018-11-02T10:08:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T10:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=30635"},"modified":"2018-11-02T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T10:22:57","slug":"when-you-think-you-have-had-a-bad-day-think-of-a-sandpiper-it-is-a-joy-the-sandpiper-by-robert-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/when-you-think-you-have-had-a-bad-day-think-of-a-sandpiper-it-is-a-joy-the-sandpiper-by-robert-peterson\/","title":{"rendered":"When you think you have had a Bad Day, think of a Sandpiper.  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I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother with a small child. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m building,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I see that. What is it?&#8221; I asked, not really caring. &#8220;Oh, I don&#8217;t know, I just like the feel of sand. \u201cThat sounds good, I thought, and slipped off my shoes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">A sandpiper glided by. \u201cThat\u2019s a joy,&#8221; the child said. \u201cIt\u2019s a what?&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s a joy. My mama says sandpipers come to bring us joy.&#8221; The bird went gliding down the beach. Good-bye joy, I muttered to myself, hello pain, and turned to walk on. I was depressed, my life seemed completely out of balance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s your name?&#8221; She wouldn&#8217;t give up. \u201cRobert,&#8221; I answered. &#8220;I&#8217;m Robert Peterson.&#8221; &#8220;Mine&#8217;s Wendy&#8230; I&#8217;m six.&#8221; &#8220;Hi, Wendy.&#8221; She giggled. &#8220;You&#8217;re funny,\u201d she said. In spite of my gloom, I laughed too and walked on. Her musical giggle followed me. &#8220;Come again, Mr. P,&#8221; she called. &#8220;We&#8217;ll have another happy day.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">The next few days consisted of a group of unruly Boy Scouts, PTA meetings, and an ailing mother. The sun was shining one morning as I took my hands out of the dishwater. I need a sandpiper, I said to myself, gathering up my coat. The ever-changing balm of the seashore awaited me. The breeze was chilly, but I strode along, trying to recapture the serenity I needed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Hello, Mr. P,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Do you want to play?&#8221; &#8220;What did you have in mind?&#8221; I asked, with a twinge of annoyance. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. You say.&#8221; &#8220;How about charades?&#8221; I asked sarcastically. The tinkling laughter burst forth again. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what that is.&#8221; &#8220;Then let&#8217;s just walk.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">Looking at her, I noticed the delicate fairness of her face. \u201cWhere do you live?&#8221; I asked. &#8220;Over there.&#8221; She pointed toward a row of summer cottages. Strange, I thought, in winter. \u201cWhere do you go to school? \u201cI don&#8217;t go to school. My mom says we&#8217;re on vacation\u201d She chattered little girl talk as we strolled up the beach, but my mind was on other things. When I left for home, Wendy said it had been a happy day. Feeling surprisingly better, I smiled at her and agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">Three weeks later, I rushed to my beach in a state of near panic. I was in no mood to even greet Wendy. I thought I saw her mother on the porch and felt like demanding she keep her child at home. &#8220;Look, if you don&#8217;t mind,&#8221; I said crossly when Wendy caught up with me, &#8220;I&#8217;d rather be alone today.&#8221; She seemed unusually pale and out of breath. &#8220;Why?&#8221; she asked. I turned to her and shouted, &#8220;Because my mother died!&#8221; and thought, My God, why was I saying this to a little child? &#8220;Oh,&#8221; she said quietly, &#8220;then this is a bad day.&#8221; &#8220;Yes,&#8221; I said, &#8220;and yesterday and the day before and &#8212; oh, go away!&#8221; &#8220;Did it hurt?&#8221; she inquired. &#8220;Did what hurt?&#8221; I was exasperated with her, with myself. &#8220;When she died?&#8221; &#8220;Of course, it hurt!&#8221; I snapped, misunderstanding, wrapped up in myself. I strode off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">A month or so after that, when I next went to the beach, she wasn&#8217;t there. Feeling guilty, ashamed, and admitting to myself I missed her, I went up to the cottage after my walk and knocked at the<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">door. A drawn looking young woman with honey-coloured hair opened the door. &#8220;Hello,&#8221; I said, &#8220;I&#8217;m Robert Peterson. I missed your little girl today and wondered where she was.&#8221; &#8220;Oh yes, Mr. Peterson, please come in. Wendy spoke of you so much. I&#8217;m afraid I allowed her to bother you. If she was a nuisance, please, accept my apologies.&#8221; &#8220;Not at all! she&#8217;s a delightful child.&#8221; I said, suddenly realizing that I meant what I had just said. &#8220;Wendy died last week, Mr. Peterson. She had leukaemia Maybe she didn&#8217;t tell you\u201d. &#8220;Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. I had to catch my breath. &#8220;She loved this beach, so when she asked to come, we couldn&#8217;t say no. She seemed so much better here and had a lot of what she called happy days. But the last few weeks, she declined rapidly&#8230;&#8221; Her voice faltered, &#8220;She left something for you, if only I can find it. Could you wait a moment while I look?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">I nodded stupidly, my mind racing for something to say to this lovely young woman. She handed me a smeared envelope with &#8220;MR. P&#8221; printed in bold childish letters. Inside was a drawing in bright crayon hues &#8212; a yellow beach, a blue sea, and a brown bird. Underneath was carefully printed:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">Tears welled up in my eyes, and a heart that had almost forgotten to love opened wide. I took Wendy&#8217;s mother in my arms. &#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry, I&#8217;m so sorry, I&#8217;m so sorry,&#8221; I uttered over and over, and we wept together. The precious little picture is framed now and hangs in my study. Six words &#8212; one for each year of her life &#8212; that speak to me of harmony, courage, and undemanding love. A gift from a child with sea blue eyes and hair the colour of sand &#8212; who taught me the gift of love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is a true story sent out by Robert Peterson. It happened over 20 years ago, and the incident changed his life forever. It serves as a reminder to all of us that we need to take time to enjoy living and life and each other. The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">Life is so complicated; the hustle and bustle of everyday traumas can make us lose focus about what is truly important or what is only a momentary setback or crisis. This week be sure to give your loved ones an extra hug, and by all means, take a moment&#8230; even if it is only ten seconds, to stop and smell the roses. This comes from someone&#8217;s heart and is read by many and now I share it with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">May God Bless everyone who receives this! There are NO coincidences! Everything that happens to us happens for a reason. Never brush aside anyone as insignificant. Who knows what they can teach us? I wish for you, a sandpiper. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">For those of you readers who have good memories,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;The Sandpiper&#8221; was also a movie, done in tribute for Elizabeth Taylor in 1965. Liz. was a spectacular beauty of that era, still her husband, (one of them), Richard Burton, her Co-Star did not want to do this movie, but had to, as he was contractually obliged to do so. A little &#8220;Sandpiper&#8221; was the &#8220;focus&#8221; of the film, &#8221; The Shadow Of Your Smile&#8221;, the theme song, played brilliantly on trumpet, by Jack Sheldon, music was composed by Johnny Mandel, lyrics by Paul Francis Webter &amp; also became a &#8220;grammy-award&#8221; winner for the &#8220;pop-favourite&#8221; of the time, Tony Bennett. Those were the days, I always say. Beautiful music is no longer, or very rarely, the background of movies &amp; I firmly believe that catchy, commercial, unforgettable music (such as Lara&#8217;s Theme, in Dr.Zivago), actually &#8220;MAKE&#8221; the movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fdtcItLjPPU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">Desmond Kelly<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0Star of eLanka<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">(Editor -in-Chief).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think you have had a Bad Day, think of a Sandpiper.\u00a0 It is a JOY !\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The Sandpiper\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0By Robert Peterson &nbsp; She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live. 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