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Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Do we ever really understand the gift that the people in our life are to us?

Do we ever really consider where we would be without them?

I have been thinking about this a lot lately and it seems the answer is, nowhere.

Or at least very far from here.

In the last year especially, I have observed the essential role of those closely around me, sheepherding me as I find my way into myself and the world at large. I have been shaped by these people, protected, loved and tested. So much of who I am is because of you.

Thank you.

I love you.

Look at the person next you, the one making toast, or humming a tune while they facebook, or cook you dinner, or a cup of tea, or.... and ask yourself, what do these people allow in you/for you?

Do they play a part in your life that no one else can fill? How well do we understand the wisdom of their company, care and chaos?

This is an ode to those people in our lives who make us who we are.

This is a dedication to those people in our lives who without them, time would be empty.

I feel the presence of the souls who have made this place a home.

1 comment:

Cheryl Nekvapil28 January 2011 at 8:19 pm
I'm observing him right now, sifting and sorting and labelling, and it's something to be aware of!
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The Prince of Fishes - or the story of to be and not to have.

So the story goes that once upon a time in a land not so far away there was an old man and his wife who lived in a small hut by the ocean. On a day like any other day the old man took his rod to go fishing. As luck had it, on that day, the old man caught the Prince of Fishes (of course it was a majestic haddock).

The Prince of Fishes said to the old man when he reeled him in, "please, let me go, for I have a kingdom to rule and if you let me go I will grant you every wish you desire."

So the old man returned to his wife and told her what had happened. The wife said "Oh, to have a cottage rather than a small hut..." The old man returned to the ocean and called to the Prince of Fishes and told him of his wife's request.

And the Prince of Fishes said "It is done".

When the old man returned home there stood a lovely cottage. But the next day, the old man's wife said "Oh, but to have a castle!" The old man returned and gave his wish to the Prince of Fishes and the Prince of Fished said again "It is done".

The old man returned home and there stood a magnificent castle. But after some time the old wife was not satisfied. "Oh husband, " she said, "to have a kingdom!". So the old man returned again and as before the Prince of Fishesd said "It is done".

But the old woman, as it was her nature, still wished for more. She said to her husband "Oh, to be like GOD!". The husband returned to the sea and the King of Fishes said "It is done as you have wished". When the old man returned home, he saw with joy that there once again stood his small hut. He went to sit next to his wife on small blue bench in front of their hut and there they lived happily to the end of their days.