January 12, 2007

• A Fairy Tale

  Once upon a time in the kingdom of Allegheny, the goddess sent into the world a beautiful baby girl to bring light and joy to the hearts and lives of a family.  These particular Alleghenians were very unusual in that they spent way too much time not loving each other and not doing the things that their souls told them to do.  And the little gift became very sad because she thought that somehow she had done something wrong — missed a cue — and had brought great unhappiness to her new family. 

  Now the mother was very young, a mere child herself and perhaps too immature to be a mother.  Her own mother did not like her and wanted as little as possible to do with her.  So how did the Goddess expect her to be a mother to this little gift.  She was not happy being married.  Her husband was immature as well and did not bring her security and happiness and love. 

  To keep them safe and warm in the hard world, the little girl’s grandfather commanded that a small house be built.   The lumber came from his own sawmill.  Grandfather could see the specialness of this little gift.  The young couple would live near his parents on a very large piece of property in the country where the precious gift could be raised close to Mother Nature so that she could be protected from the hardness of the kingdom of Allegheny.  There would be fields to run through and streams to play in.  So many dogs to follow her around.  Grandparents to spoil her by loving her so abundantly.  They kept the specialness alive in the little gift and nurtured this goodness so that she would grow and fulfill her gift to this kingdom. 

  However, the little girl’s mother was not happy with her new husband and his immaturity which made her very unhappy with being married.  She began to feel tied down.  Perhaps she saw her life slipping away into nothingness.  She had no deep resources to call upon to be the very best wife and mother because her own mother wanted nothing to do with her.  She was never treated as a special gift and did not no how to nurture this specialness in others, especially in her own child.  The precious gift felt and saw the unhappiness of her parents and assumed the responsibility for all their unhappiness.

  One day the young mother took her precious gift to her own Mother and asked that the Grandmother keep the baby girl until the young mother could complete some errands she had to take care of.  The Grandmother and Grandfather where so happy to keep the precious baby girl.  There was nothing they would not do or give or say for the happiness of this little child.  A supposedly short visit became a lifetime. 

  The young mother ran away from her husband, her home and most importantly, her precious gift.  She was free now to live her life as she saw fit.  But what price she had to pay for this freedom.  And the little girl paid a price as well.  All her life she wondered why the Grandmother did not love her own daughter and nuture the precious gift inside her.  The little girl grew up wondering what the “cue” was that she missed that would have brought such joy and happiness to her family.  

  The little girl learned that she could build her own family by allowing people into her life who needed love and wanted to love others.  The little girl would use her special gift of love to help others see their own special gifts so that they could then share their gifts with others. 

  To this day the little girl is certain that she missed a goodly number of clues and was unable to ask the right questions like Percival and the Fisher King and the parade of the Holy Grail.  But as long as there is life in the little girl, she would seek out the correct questions so that the blessed gifts may be freed and allowed to grow in a world so needy for healing.

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