Once

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

i read a story on a Hallmark card, and how fitting to be

called "Hallmark," for it is so. This is what it says:

 

Once,

a group of Siamese monks

covered their precious golden Buddha

with an outer covering of clay

to keep their treasure

from being looted.

 

The golden figure lay hidden for centuries.

 

We are all like the clay Buddha

covered with a shell of hardness

created out of fear,

and yet underneath is a "golden essence,"

our real self.

Sometime along the way

we began to cover up our natural self.

Our task now is to discover

our true essence once again.

 

Jack Canfield (adapted)

 

"You've always had a Heart of Gold."

 

Love,

Mazie