Title: Journey with Soul
Before a journey begins, people prepare in different ways. Some pack their bags and head to the train station. Some book a seat on a bus and watch the long roads unfold through the window. Others board airplanes and fly across oceans to explore new lands. Every traveler has a destination, a purpose, and a story waiting to happen.
But my journey was different.
I was not packing clothes. I was not holding a ticket. I was not waiting at any station.
I was a soul.
I existed in a place beyond time, beyond distance, beyond the noise of the world. It was peaceful there—silent, yet full of meaning. I felt light, free, and aware of something greater than myself. Around me were countless other souls, glowing with quiet purpose, each waiting for their own journey.
Then one moment, everything changed.
A call came.
Not a sound, not a voice exactly, but a command that reached deep into my existence. It was the will of the Creator.
"You will travel to Earth."
Earth.
I had heard of it. A world of beauty and struggle, of joy and sorrow, of learning and forgetting. A place where souls go to experience life, to grow, to understand love, patience, kindness, and pain.
But there was one rule.
A soul cannot walk on Earth alone.
To live there, a soul needs a body.
Just as a traveler needs a vehicle to move from one city to another, I would need a human body to begin my journey. That body would be my temporary home, my companion, my way to see the world, feel emotions, and experience life.
I felt excitement.
I felt curiosity.
But I also felt something else—uncertainty.
"What will my life be like?" I wondered.
"Who will I become? Where will I go? What will I learn?"
The Creator did not answer with words.
Instead, I was shown a glimpse of the world I was about to enter.
Mountains touching the sky.
Rivers flowing endlessly.
Cities full of lights and noise.
People laughing, crying, loving, fighting, dreaming.
It was beautiful. It was chaotic. It was alive.
And somewhere in that vast world, a small human body was being prepared for me.
A new life.
A new journey.
Slowly, I felt myself being pulled away from the peaceful realm of souls. The light around me began to fade as I moved closer to the world of matter and time.
My journey had begun.
Not by train.
Not by bus.
Not by plane.
But through life itself.
Chapter: The First Breath (প্রথম নিঃশ্বাস)
English:
Darkness surrounded me.
For a moment, everything felt quiet and distant. I could not see anything, yet I could feel that something important was about to happen.
Then suddenly—light.
A bright light touched my closed eyes. Strange sounds filled the air around me. I felt a sudden pressure, and then a rush of cold air touched my skin for the first time.
My lungs filled with air.
And I cried.
That cry was my first breath in the world.
It was the moment my journey on Earth truly began.
Hands gently lifted me, and I heard voices filled with joy and relief. Someone wrapped me in a soft cloth, protecting me from the cold world I had just entered.
A woman held me close to her chest.
Her heartbeat was calm and warm. I did not understand who she was, but somehow my soul felt safe in her arms.
She was my mother.
Around me were smiling faces, people celebrating the arrival of a new life. But none of them knew that inside this tiny body was a traveler — a soul that had come from a distant, peaceful realm.
At that moment, the memories of where I came from slowly began to fade.
The world of souls became distant.
The world of humans became my reality.
And with my very first breath, my journey on Earth had officially begun.