The truth was, she could never look back and explain what made her do it.
She had been toying with the idea for a long time. It wasn’t until she decided to write it all down in a list that it all started to fall into place. There were a dozen items. She regarded all of them as her constant problems. She wanted none of them. Her mind was made up; she would sell them on an internet site. She did some research and found a suitable e-market site. She looked back at her list and read it again.
• Don’t have any close friends
• Suffer from low self esteem
• Often experience depression
• Unhappy with my job
• Continually short of money
• Poor relations with family
• Repeatedly remembering bullying incidents from school
• Not sleeping properly
• Spending too much on junk food
• Wanting to be alone
• Always distrustful of people
• Allowing myself to become overwhelmed with problems
At first, she had no responders. She checked every day, but the situation dragged on like this for two weeks. Then, just as she was considering removing the post, a young man made contact.
He explained that he had problems of his own, but he was willing to buy hers. He said that he was able to take on her problems as well as his own. He said he was prepared to pay the full price. He also said that he had a very similar list, but had never thought of doing what she had done. He told her how much he admired her for what she was doing.
A few days later they met for a coffee.
