[ WP ] Congratulations ! Everything you 've been through was actually just a test .

*Congratulations, you ’ ve passed the examination. * 
 
 These words were mentioned to me by a passing woman on my walk home one night. If I had truly passed, then there would be some sort of reward. Tests only exist as a challenge to acquire something, be it a job, grade or material award. If I had, in fact, passed the examination, there would have been some sort of reward. A journey is not a reward. It is a struggle undertook to pass whatever hurdles we face. That reward is rightfully mine. 
 
 There is another issue, a question: What gave this woman credibility? Perhaps I am rambling about someone ’ s practical joke. I myself thought so until I returned home to see a steaming cup of tea on my kitchen counter. Under the tea was a piece of paper saying “ Congratulations ” yet on the backside of the card it was stated that “ This is not your reward. ” I of course checked windows and doors and none of them were unlocked. 
 
 The impracticality of the situation grew in my head. I felt a hope that I may have possibly been chosen by something important to leave my dull everyday life. 
 
 It had been several years since that day. 
 
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 The examiner ’ s office has ruled the death of Mr. ______________ to be suicide by toxin. 

