Short Story: The ruminator

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Alex Shelton, always used to second guess his own decisions. Had he made the right decision? Had he been influenced/persuaded to make it by anyone else? What better could he have done in that situation? He would ruminate about these things, after every decision, for many hours, and sometimes, many days, after his initial decision had been made. His constant berating, and examination of himself, like this, after every decision made, was getting him down. Finally, he got so angry with himself, that he killed himself. Now, this decision, he cannot ruminate about, and I guess he is glad about that. Anyway, after he died, he found himself within some inner court session, where he was being charged with murder, murdering himself. It was him against the judge, who looked a bit like God, to him. The jury was made up of some of his past acquaintances. He noticed his own mother was there too. Surely, she would understand, and fairly treat him here then. The Judge was very tough though, and he was found guilty, and his sentence was then handed down. The sentence of guilty was severer than his actual penalty was, though, as he was merely placed in the care of his mother, and told to live with her, until he learnt about a mother's love, and how each person should love themselves in this way too. Even in the after-world, we still have much to learn too then. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com "You won't stress over it unless you care." Joyce Rachelle, a Filipino writer said this. Alex did care. God cared too, and so did Alex's mother, who had suggested this sentence to God, even before the court session had even started. God took her advice. When we die, we will all have such a court to face, in regards to our lives, just lived.