My son inspired this poem. Two years ago while visiting with my son
who was only eight years at the time (with his handsome little self), he
and I were talking about his dreams and what he wants to be when he grows
up. I have to tell you something about my kids-they truly keep me in tune
with the child within myself, with their hope and faith that in life any
and everything is possible.
Listening to my son’s hopes to one day see his dreams
come true (my freedom being his biggest dream), and his strong Faith that
he will make them come true, he lifted my spirits at a time when my hope
was low and lacking, and made me realize just how powerful HOPE and FAITH
truly are-that within them lies the force and power manifestation. And it
is my son and his strong Hope and Faith that inspired this poem.
My son made me realize that one must never dismiss their
dreams. For to be without dreams is to be without hope, and to be without
hope is to be without a purpose. Hence, my son also made me realize on a
deeper internal level what I believe today: that a strong Spiritual Conviction,
a Love of Mystery, Tolerance, and that part of positive magic that exists
hidden in each life, could afford us a less unhappy, less cruel world, full
of realizable dreams. Amidst a world rampant with violence and insatiable
yearnings for power, my son made me realize that we must never dispense of
the fragile child within, which s[eaks of lost innocence, which we must never
renounce if we want to understand something of what and why we love…
A THIEF, A KING, AND A HORSE
A long time ago, an accused thief was brought before the
King for trial and sentencing. The king declared
The thief’s guilt and pronounced a sentence of
Death by something truly nasty. The thief asked
For permission to speak, and when granted it, told
The king that, if given a year, he could and
Would teach the king’s favorite horse to talk.
Obviously he was persuasive, because the
King postponed the sentence for a year, to give
him a chance. One of the guards took the thief
Down to the stables, where he immediately
Proceeded to spend all of his time talking to the
horse, grooming him, etc… after a few days of
laughing at him, a couple of the stable hands
came over and asked him why he was bothering to
spend so much time on something impossible.
Basically the said he was crazy.
“That may be,” the accused thief said, “but I have a
year, and who knows what will happen in that time?
The king might die. The horse might die. I
Might die. And who knows, maybe the horse will
Learn to talk.”
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