Susanna Enso (Yuexi)

Author’s Note​

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"Lovely. Magical." - Marci Shimoff, #1 NY Times bestselling author

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Moon Creek is a real little creek flowing behind a stone house surrounded by pine trees.

  During the pandemic, my scope of activities was reduced to the village where I live. I often went out for a walk, through the tree-line boulevard, towards the tranquil pond in the woods.

  I walked through Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. All my emotions, such as happiness, sadness, disappointment etc., all dissipated during the walks.

  At work, my mind was running like a high-speed machine. While walking in the woods, I could hear my inner voices singing in silence.

  The mysterious veil of the World was lifted before my eyes. Everything in front of my eyes was so beautiful and fresh, like dewdrops on the small red berries in the morning.

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I saw     the ordinary flowers on the roadside gleaming in the Sun;

I saw     the branches of a big tree dancing excitedly in the storm;

I saw     a bird standing under the tree near the little pond in the rain;

I saw    the autumn leaves spreading out into a rainbow carpet;

I saw    a crystal snowflake shining in the snow;

I saw    the clouds changing into the shapes of dragon and phoenix;

I saw   the reflection of the setting Sun whispering to the small tranquil pond…

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The emotions flowing from my heart day and night have turned into the long and short sentences in this Moon Creek poetry.

  Since childhood, we have been taught how to make a living, but seldom we do learn how to Be Happy.

  On a winter’s day, I saw the laps of my daughter’s footprints on the small pond covered with ice and snow. I realized that our happiness could be lost unknowingly in the day-to-day “circle of footprints” of making a living. If we could walk back to the warm heart covered in “ice and snow”, we could meet happiness again.

  Books have opened a wonderful spiritual world for me one after another, warming me and comforting me.

 My intention is very simple. The World is so big, there will always be readers who could see a small corner of the Magical World through my eyes.

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Maybe, you are sitting in front of the window with a coffee in one hand and this book in another.

Maybe, you are lying comfortably on the green grass, with this book spread in front of you.

For a moment, everything around quietly disappears…

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When you come out of the book, you may be able to

see the tiny little flowers on the side of the road in full bloom,

hear the birds sing over the treetops,

feel the breeze blowing across your cheeks, and

see the white clouds in the sky changing shapes.

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This is Your Happiness. It is also My Happiness.

I am grateful to meet Me in this book and meet You in the Moon Creek. 

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Susanna Enso (Yuexi)