A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The lad dug around the rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With no little bit of struggle, he pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. (He was a very small boy and the rock was very huge.) When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox, however, he found that he couldn't roll it up and over the little wall. Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed, and pried, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox.
The little boy grunted, struggled, pushed, shoved-but his only reward was to have the rock roll back, smashing his chubby fingers. Finally he burst into tears of frustration. All this time the boy's mother and father watched from the living room window as the drama unfolded. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow appeared across the boy and the sandbox. It was the boy's father and mother standing just beside him.
Gently but firmly his father said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had available?" Defeated, the boy sobbed back, "But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!"
"No, son," corrected the father kindly. "You didn't use all the strength you had. You didn't ask your mother and me." With that his parents reached down, picked up the rock, and removed it from the sandbox.
Do you have "rocks" in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don't have what it takes to lift them? Then consider the Gods when you need the extra strength. They will always be available to us and willing to give us the strength we need.
As Pagans we know the Gods want to be our first resort. Let Them help you, in whatever form They take, with your trials, tribulations, and temperament. In good times and bad, love, worship and praise Them.
By: Silver Phoenix 1997
My Links
© 1997 silverphoenix@cybergal.com
