If you could change lives with someone
Once in a while, I have a strong urge to decorate my room. I go hunting for things I can hang up, bed sheets I can choose from, or just find posters to stick up. However, I hardly like anything I find, so I try to find something that I myself can create. And what is better than origami? I have to confess that my fingers can't do magic and the best I can do with paper is write on it, draw on it, or make a paper crane out of it.
The first paper crane I ever made was a bright purple one. Simple as it may look, it was a little difficult to fold it correctly so that the edges didn’t look so rugged. However, once I had finished making it and held it in a distant to see the final product, I felt very accomplished and satisfied. I loved the first paper crane I had ever made. Additionally, when I hung it up, it looked marvelous, with its bright purple reflecting off a very luminous shine. Therefore, I made a couple others in bright colors like red, orange, blue, and pink, and hung it alongside the purple paper crane. The colors together looked fantastic and in harmony. As the wind entered my room, the paper cranes danced so gracefully, moving, as if, to the beats of music I couldn't hear. Over the days, the paper cranes hung where I had left them, but soon enough, their colors started wearing off. The paper became fragile and the wings started to slack off, as if the paper cranes themselves were dying. Colorless as they were, they still looked beautiful and held the same pride I myself had when I folded them. As I took them down and put them away safely, I thought about what and excellent purpose these paper cranes had: the purpose of being themselves for the joy of others. For exactly these reasons, if I could swap lives with someone, it would be a beautiful, purple paper crane, hanging somewhere where it brings joy and beauty and holds so much life although it is just paper.
