~THE PATU ~
Bowl of Light


There is an ancient Hawaiian story that says that each child has, at
birth, a bowl of perfect light. If he tends to his light, it will grow in
strength and he can do all things - swim with sharks, fly with the
birds, know and understand all things.

If however, he becomes envious, jealous, angry, or fearful, he drops a
stone into his bowl of light and some of the light goes out. Light and
the stone cannot hold the same space. If he continues to put stones in the
bowl, the light will go out and he will become a stone himself. A stone
does not grow, nor does it move.

If at any time he tires of being a stone, all he needs to do is turn the
bowl upside down and the stones will fall away and the light will grow
once more.

~ Author Unknown ~





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