Can You See The Good Facing You?

Annelise Lords
Dancing Elephants Press
5 min readNov 4, 2024

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Sometimes, life, fate, or destiny pushes us into a corner where our hearts are filled with so much pain and resentment we can’t see the GOOD in front of us.

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As a landlord, I sometimes had to make decisions I didn’t like. I had two young tenants that weren’t doing what they signed up for when they moved in. As a mother, I understand how difficult it is in our world now for the young. Jamaica is hard and many young people are struggling to stay afloat.

They need patience, understanding, and compassion. Thinking like a mother, I gave it to them. I want someone to return the thought to my children if they find themselves in the same situation. We must be careful how we live when we have children out there in the world fighting for life.

One was a male and the other a female.

The windows were dirty, and they weren’t keeping my property clean. I like to do things my way with kindness, understanding, and compassion first. Then I do it the right way that the law requires. I think we should give everyone a chance to do the right thing first before we act.

I spoke to the male once. He did nothing for two weeks. I spoke to him again, but still nothing for another two weeks. In Jamaica, we believe that the number 3 is death. So, we don’t allow certain things to get to stage three. I decided to have…

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Annelise Lords
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