[IssuessBratte]

i've recently met a very young child, an unhappy child made to feel inferior and bad, left alone to try to make sense of the world while in the clutches of those who say, "you're stupid, you're a geek, nobody likes you, let's dunk you in the river and laugh while you cry".

a child who believes he is inferior, unable to gain acceptance by his peers, and who believes he is somehow stunted, terminally weird and deserving of the taunts and ridicule of other, bigger and more cool kids.

i encountered him lost and alone, left for an age alone under a bridge he had been thrown from, and gathered him in my arms, and held him close to my bosum and showed him a little, magical light i keep in my pocket; and in the light it cast, we could see together the faces of those who taunted him so, and were both surprised to see tears of unhappiness raining down the faces of the tormentors.

so i aimed the light a little lower, at the hearts of the bullies, and set my light to stun, and sent a beam of stunning love energy,...and forgiveness...into those hearts. the little child looked into my eyes, and smiled! and took the light from my hands, and held the beam steady, all by himself. as he did, his smile grew, as did he, and when he finally put the light into his pocket, he looked just like me.

and i smiled, and i felt a hand cup my face, and with a slight start, realized it was my own hand.

to err is human; to forgive, is to come back to present time.


divine! take care of yourself; be kind to you. others depend on that!