😵😲During the flight, a little girl looked at the country’s most influential businessman and said, “You look very tired.” No one at the time suspected that her simple words would reveal his most painful secret.
He was forty-five years old and owned almost everything, except peace.
His days were scheduled to the second: planes, deals, numbers, contracts. Even his smile was on a schedule.
He was sitting in first class, staring at his laptop screen when the plane suddenly got stuck on the runway due to a thunderstorm.
— Coffee, as usual? — asked the flight attendant.
— Black. No sugar, — he replied mechanically.
The silence was broken by a child’s voice:
— Excuse me, may I sit here next to you?
He turned irritably. In front of him stood a girl of about seven years old, holding a teddy bear.
— All seats are taken, — he said coldly.
— Then I’ll just sit here a little, — she smiled and sat down next to him without waiting for permission.
— You are very tired, — she said so simply, as if stating a fact.
😨😲He wanted to object, but the words stuck in his throat, and against his will, for the first time in his life, he revealed a secret he had never told anyone….
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He wanted to object, but the words stuck in his throat.
The girl’s gaze was so direct that it was impossible to avoid. He looked away, as if this innocent child could see what he had hidden for years behind expensive suits and cold courtesy.
— And mommy says that when people don’t sleep, they forget how to dream, — she continued, looking out the window.
He felt something inside him tremble. A simple phrase, but it contained more truth than all the reports and contracts of his life.
The plane jolted, and the cabin light dimmed slightly. The girl hugged her teddy and whispered:
— You just need to sleep a little. Then everything will get better.
He nodded without replying. Something in his chest clenched painfully — a feeling he had almost forgotten.
After a few minutes, the girl returned to her seat, and he remained alone with the hum of the engines and the words echoing in his mind.
“When people don’t sleep, they forget how to dream.”
He didn’t know why these words hurt more than any loss. Suddenly, he realized that he had long stopped dreaming. It was his most painful secret, which he carried deep in his soul.
