Thoughts (Cajita de Reflexiones english version)

1. Thoughts

2. I would like to share with you this story. It is called "The Lump Of Coal", author unknown. I hope you like it.

3. One day Jorgito came home and he began to kick and scream on the floor. He was very angry. His father called him. Jorgito spoke angrily, saying, “Papa, I swear I am very angry! Pedrito should not have done what he did. So, I wish him all the worst. I would like to kill him!”

4. His father, a simple mam, but full of wisdom, listened quietly to the child who kept saying, “ Pedrito humiliated me in front of my friends. I do not accept that! ... I wish he would get sick so he can not go to school.”

5. While the father continued to listen and went to a corner of the garage, where he took a sack of coal and carried it to the end of the garden. He proposed,…

6. “ Do you see that white shirt that is on the line? Think that it is Pedrito and every piece of coal that is in this bag is a bad thought directed at him. Throw the coal that is in the bag until it is all gone. Then I will return to see how it was.”

7. The child took it as a game and started throwing the coals but the clothesline was far so only a few of them reached the shirt.

8. When the father returned he asked him, “ Son how do you feel?” “ Tired but happy. I hit some pieces of coal on the shirt.”

9. The father took the child´s hand and said, “ Come with me I want to show you something.” He put him in front of a mirror that allowed him to see his entire body. What a shock! It was black and all that could be seen were teeth and eyes!

10. At that time the father said, “ Son, as you can see the shirt was a little dirty, but it is not comparable to how dirty you got. The evil that we wish on others returns and increases in us. As much as we want to disrupt someone's life with our thoughts, debris and dirt is always in ourselves”.

11. Now close your eyes and listen my son ...

12. “ Be careful with your thoughts for they become words. Be careful with your words for they become actions. Be careful with your actions for they become habits. Be careful with your habits because they shape your character. And be careful with your character because that will change the course of your destiny.”

13. Garabatos_2002 (a.s.b.) 2011 Music: The music box