The Genie of the Room

Once upon a time, I had a long business trip.

Before I started it, I had picked a few options for choosing a nice hotel and when I arrived, I visited them, checked their conditions and prices, and finally settled down.

My narrowed down list of hotels were of two. One fancier, one more simple. One more expensive, one less plus a beach-side offer.

I took the beach hotel, I thought I’d take advantage of its beach offers, besides, to enjoy the calmness of the sea that beach offers. I also thought I can run along the ocean

Ten days past, I’ve been going running and swimming and getting on a tan, until I suddenly didn’t. I didn’t feel like it anymore, they felt more like my routine. My room was now too small, and heat and humidity was making it hard to run

I was sitting alone in my room, feeling unenthusiastic and unsatisfied, having no fun at all. “Work out” I thought, but I wasn’t really in the mood for an exercise. An inner conflict, an ambivalence. Therefore, I just dropped my body down the bed, laid down my head, and took a deep breath. “Oh I wish I’d chosen the other hotel. I could run on the treadmill inside its gym under the breeze of air conditioning, and I would enjoy the view of the street

Then suddenly, some voices from the closet could be heard

 The voice said, “I’m the Genie of the room. Your wish has come true.” Boom

I was in bed, perplexed and confused, inside the more expensive hotel room, all my belongings in place, I was shocked and phased, even a little scared

There I saw a letter on the table. I opened and read it, “Hello there, you are having a stay at the magic hotel-room. Any sentence, starting with a deep breath for a wish, is granted in an instant. Be cautious, the room takes no responsibility for the outcomes of your wishes. Hope you enjoy your stay

After a few seconds, I could recall what I had said. I had  wished I was here with a deep breath. Here I am then

But it's like "now that I have an authority upon all the facilities of this hotel, I want to run along the ocean",  oh my goodness, here is far from the beach. What time is it? Exactly the time I would go and swim inside the saltwater of the sea

Feeling heavy in chest, I dropped my body on bed, laid my head and said with a deep breath, “Oh I wish I was in my beach hotel with its running offers by the running-track of the ocean

Same voices from the closet, same Genie granting my wish and stating its conditions upon a letter enveloped on the table. “Hello there, you are having a stay at the magic hotel-room. Any sentence, starting with a deep breath for a wish, is granted in an instant. Be cautious, the room takes no responsibility for the outcomes of your wishes. Take into consideration that being here and wanting there, is the reason for many of our wasted wishes. Keep your mind in the present, be present, and you will be rewarded with a gift-wrapped present. Make the most of it.

Ps: your wish credit has come to its end. Wish you a happy stay at the beach hotel

My mind was silent, my eyes were unblinking, and I put on my shorts and shoes and hit the sea-track with a running

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