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Emails From the Universe
A profound life-changing cyber anomaly
Since she was young Donna always felt that she was unwanted. Her mother once told her that her older sister was the only planned child; that Donna was an accident. Throughout childhood she had trouble fitting in with her family and in school. She never had friends for long.
By the time she was in her mid-thirties she had no boyfriend, no husband, no children, and no friends. She had a job sitting in front of a computer all day inputting data. To Donna, it was the most horrifically boring job in the world.
One day at work a pop-up mysteriously appeared on her computer screen. It read:
“Feeling unwanted? Change your direction. Instead of focusing on being wanted, focus on what YOU want! Check your email when you get home tonight for more details.”
Donna looked around the office. Everything seemed normal. Looking back at her computer screen, the pop-up was gone. The company she worked for had top of the line cyber security in place. A pop-up like that should not have happened. She wondered if she should report it but instead she just went back to work.
At home that night Donna turned on her laptop and went to her email account. She found nothing referring to that pop-up in her main folders so she checked her spam…
