anything can happen

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts.

Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.

Listen to the never haves,

then listen close to me...

Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”

                                                          Shel Silverstein

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There are those who would drag us into the house of fear

The place of limitations

There are those who would convince us that everyone is our enemy

And that all our lives we must protect ourselves

From “them”

There are those who would suggest we are not enough

And that we must constantly prove ourselves

That we must earn love

The love of God

The love of others

There are those who would

Would tell us that life is all about following the rules

You must

You Should

You can’t

They are wrong

That person there

Yes, that one there, who has a different color skin

Speaks a different language

Follows a different creed.

Embraces a different ideology

That one is your brother, or sister

A Sacred Child

That person in the mirror

Yes, that one there, with all those flaws

With all those mistakes littering the past

That one is loved by God

More than he (or she) can even imagine

And life?

Life is not about rules.

It is not about power

It is not about wealth

It is not about accumulation, or safety, or influence

It is about seeing the sun kiss the mountain in the morning

It is about the beauty of the clouds, roiling in the sky

It is a dog leaping in the snow

A horse nuzzling your back

And the smile on the face of a person who loves you

It is about joy

And laughter

And music, and dancing

It is about love

And where there is love

Anything can happen, anything can be