**Synopsis

Erika is a timid person and she has no friends. No one likes her because she is poor, ugly, and
speechless.
She is almost bullied by her classmates every day.
Erika lives in the countryside with her mother. She has only a mother because her father died
when she was born. Although her mother is poor, she still sent Erika to school. Erika never
smiles when she goes to school because she thinks that she is nothing and is stupid, and she
wants to drop out all the time, but she doesn’t want her mother disappointed because of her.
One day, her mother died because she met an accident. Erika is miserable and hopeless because
she has no one to rely on, and who loves her anymore. She also dropped out the school. Day by
day, she becomes more and more in crisis until she becomes depressed. Due to facing difficulty,
again and again, she wants to end her life, but luckily there is an old woman who is trying to save
her from this situation by persuading her, sharing her own life experience, and giving a
meaningful notebook to Erika. The old woman has given much advice before she died, and what
she wants the most is to see Erika has hope in life again after reading her notebook and
remembering her advice.
After five years, Erika is a psychologist, and she can help many people that have mental health problems
and are in the same situation as her before. Erika is telling her story to her students about her experience
that happened to her in the past. She always remembers the advice of the old woman, and she is always
grateful to the old woman for making her rediscover her life again.

**Story Plot
Erika is a timid person and she has no friends. No one likes her because she is poor, ugly, and speechless.

She is almost bullied by her classmates every day.

Erika lives in the countryside with her mother. She has only one mother because her father died when
she was born. Although Erika's mother is poor, her mother still sent her to school. Erika never smiles
when she goes to school because she thinks that she is nothing and she is so stupid, and she wants to
drop out all the time, but she doesn’t want her mother disappointed because of her.

One day, her mother died because she met an accident. Erika is miserable and hopeless because she has
no one to rely on, and who loves her anymore. She also dropped out the school. Day by day, she
becomes more and more in crisis and she becomes depressed. She has nothing to eat, and she is
homeless because the fire has destroyed her home. She realized that she was the unlucky girl in the
world. She decided to leave this village, and she kept going, and going, and never going back. After two
days, she feels tired and boring to live in this world. She doesn’t think she wants to live anymore. Unable
to cope with this situation, she decided to commit suicide. Fortunately, there is an old woman walked by
and forbade her to stop doing that. The old woman tries to persuade her, but Erika doesn’t listen to the
old woman’s words. Still stubborn and wanting to do suicide, the old woman shouted angrily, “Now I
don’t care what you want to do”. The old woman continued to say: “No one can’t wish what they want
all the time, the things they don’t want to happen, but it still happens and we cannot avoid all the evil
things”. The old woman went on telling her story with tears that I lost everything in my life, and I was
sentenced to 30 years in prison, even though I was innocent and accused of killing my stepfather. No
one believed me even my mother. It was hard to accept, but I promised myself that I must be strong
even though I stayed in prison which was not my fault. I always remembered my grandmother word’s
“Whenever we think we have nothing, she ought to look at the animal’s life. Some animals want to live,
but they don’t have a chance to live. Anyway, we are so lucky to be born human and have enough limbs.
Don’t think our lives are the worst in the world. Everyone has their difficulty. It’s not mean that I want
you to compare your life to that animal and other people. If you have life, you should continue to live
until the end of life. why don’t you try your life every taste? Now I give you a notebook, and you need to
write everything in it even if your life is up and down. Which one happens the most? How do you deal
with this problem?”.

After saying that, the old woman gives her notebook to Erika, and told her that Erika can come to this
place again after she will finish reading it. You can do suicide when you return this book to me back. If
you can’t see me, you cannot end your life. I am old enough to live in this world. I never regret it in my
life because I didn’t do suicide. These are some properties that I can give you to keep living and this is
the map to find a way to start your new life. You will meet my friend there and tell her “I am a new
person on earth. Can I be your goddaughter”. You just speak like this to my friend and she will
understand about it. I wish you will change your mind and find the real meaning of life.

I am old enough to live in this world, and I am very blissful that I can live up to now. The old woman
begins to speak weakly and weakly. Suddenly, she faints and passes away in that time. Erika.

10 years later, Erika is telling her story to her patients about her experience that happened to her in the
past. Nowadays, Erika is a psychologist, and she can help many people that have mental health
problems or people who are in the same situation as her before.

I will remember the words that you told me forever, and I am so grateful to grandma that you woke me
up from the stupid decision that I want to do before. Now, your wish comes true because I will keep this
notebook with me until I die, Erika said with tears. Finally, I know the value of life. Erika puts the
bouquet on the old woman’s grave, walks away, and wipes away tears with a smile.