"So our first lesson is about empowering the self....",the lady stopped mid-sentence after she saw Maya coming,'I think she is the one.....', she thought to herself.
"You are late Miss Maya.....",she said to Maya. Maya had an apologetic look on her face. "I am sorry, I won't be late next time.....",she said while her head down. "Take your seat, you shall sit next to Emma in the second row.",the lady said."Yes, thank you.", Maya said while going to her seat. She sat on her seat. She looked at her bench mate Emma. Emma looked back at her and smiled warmly. Maya smiled back.'She seems so nice.....',Maya thought to herself,'I hope she is how she seems.....'she took out her notebook.
"Since Miss Maya doesn't know my name, I will introduce myself again."the lady said,"My name is Agatha Benette. I have been teaching this topic since 25 years. My age is 47. You can call me Agatha, I have no problem with that." Maya nodded, noting her speech.
"So, as I was saying, we have a very important lesson today. In anything we do, the start is extremely important. Today's start is important as well. I bet you may have a lot of fantasies about these practices. I can understand your excitement, so I am not going to state anything which will subside it. You are going to discover A LOT about yourself, which will be fascinating. All I want to say is, pay great attention to what you are going to learn from now on. I will be there to support you all the time. All the best on your journey."Everyone in the class nodded. Maya noticed Agatha taking out a book from her bag which had a weird sign on it. It was something like concentric circles with a crescent moon with a hook in between. She didn't pay much attention to that.
"Do you know what is most powerful in our body?",Agatha asked everybody. "Probably the bones?",some girl answered. Agatha shook her head in disagreement. "No, it must be the brain.",a boy said with confidence. Agatha didn't say anything. "I think it is our mind.",Emma said. Maya looked at her with surprise. Agatha smiled widely. "That is correct, Emma. Our mind is most powerful, which lies in our body. It can do anything. It can make you win or make you lose, make you happy or sad, it can defeat a big a monster too.",Agatha said smiling,"But, it can be our biggest weakness too. The biggest regrets can exist because of it. But it is depends on us, on how we control it." "But, what about the soul?",Maya asked, a bit curiously,"Isn't our soul powerful too?" Agatha smiled again. 'I was waiting for this question.',she thought. "Our soul is surely powerful Maya. But not than our mind and that is just because of us. We have given our mind the extra attention it didn't deserve. That is why we forgot about the strength of our heart, the strength of our soul and we are here only to discover that lost strength! Which still lies inside of us, waiting to be discovered. Only YOU can find it. That is real strength." Maya felt a very strong and weird feeling in her heart. She felt like she was waiting for this answer from years. She didn't know what was going on. She only knew that this was going to become her life from now on and she loved it.
"Do you all get my point?",Agatha asked everybody in her calm voice. "Yes!",everybody said in one voice. "Good, so let's go ahead. We are going to learn some types of meditations as basics. Don't make a long face, this is going to be very interesting. If you don't like it, we will do something else.",she continued. Maya paid great attention the whole time. She was awestruck by the things she learned in just her first session.
"Ok, everybody, we will stop here now. You must practice all the things we learnt at your home.",Agatha said closing her book. Maya saw Emma packing her bag, so she started to wind up as well. Everybody started to leave, leaving only Maya, Emma and Agatha in the room. Agatha came near their desk and gave Maya and Emma a coin which was hollow in between. They took it and looked at her, confused. "This is a very important thing, which must be with you everytime. You can pass a string through it and wear it in your neck. But you must have it near you.",Agatha said. "But why just the two of us?",Maya asked, curiously. "You will know when the right time comes.",Agatha said, smiling. Emma smiled back at her. Maya was still confused. Agatha left the room.
"So, this is our first convo, Ms. Maya.",Emma suddenly said to her. "H-huh? Oh, yeah!",Maya responded. "My name is Emma Carter. I am 16.",Emma said while moving her hand forward for a handshake. "I am Maya Abbott. I too am 16.",Maya said while shaking hands with Emma. "That's cool, we can be close friends.",Emma said. She smiled at Maya. "I hope so too.",Maya smiled back. "Do you have your own phone?",Emma asked. "Yeah, I do.",Maya said. "Then should we exchange numbers?",Emma asked again. "Sure.",Maya said. They exchanged numbers. "Thanks, we can talk on messages from now on if needed.",Emma said. Maya nodded. They left the classroom and walked out of the main corridor. "Bye! See you tomorrow!",Maya said to Emma. She smiled and waved at her.
Maya started walking towards her home. She took the shortest road to her house. She loved that road because there were always colorful flowers on the both sides. She walked over the dry leaves, their crushing sound disturbing the silence. Maya was near Mrs. Smith's house now. She remembered that she had to take keys from her, so she went to her house. She rung the doorbell. "Coming...",Mrs. Smith's voice came from the house. She was able to see the backyard from where she was standing. She was tapping her foot while waiting until she saw something moving very fast in the bushes near the backyard. She frowned while moving towards the bushes slowly. 'What's that...?',she thought. She put her hand into the bushes and she felt something soft to touch. She pulled it out. Mrs. Smith came out look what she was doing. "Ewwww.......",Mrs. Smith screamed.