OK, you don’t have to believe this; <br />but it’s worth thinking about. <br /> <br />Here’s the theory – it’s as beautifully <br />simple, and as subtle in its implications, <br />as any mathematician would enjoy: <br /> <br />In the succession of our lives, <br />leading by so many, many rebirths <br />to our perfection, each life <br />is shaped by our actions <br />in the previous life <br /> <br />and, deep, deep in our soul - <br />which wants only the best for us, <br />while we live through what’s laid down <br />by our past – some sublime reasoning <br />sets up the handicaps which we must <br />transcend in our next life; that is, this one <br /> <br />rather as if a jockey or a show-jumper <br />sets up the hedges, fences, walls, and water-jumps <br />for themself, so that they themself <br />may test themself to ride a greater course, <br />maybe a perfect round.. <br /> <br />I’ll cut the moral, here. It’s all <br />beyond acceptance, and personal forgiveness, though <br />that’s a start; just a lifetime of <br />opportunities to ‘make something of yourself’ <br />knowing in your heart that ultimately - <br />that is, right now - <br />it’s for the good <br /> <br />so, for a nice friendly family start: <br />you yourself chose your parents.. <br /> <br />OK, you don’t have to believe this; <br />but it’s worth thinking about?<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0182-parents-2/
