Seven year-old
Henry had
traveled with
his parents over
the weekend and
on Monday as he
arrived at
school he
noticed that his
friends were
sad. He looked
for Olav, his
best friend, but
Olav was not in
school. Then, he
asked the
teacher:
- What is
happening here?
Everyone looks
different...
with a sad
face!
Gently, the
teacher said:
- On Saturday,
Henry, your
friend Olav
died. He climbed
up a mango tree
to pick up
mangos and fell
off, hitting his
head on a rock
and did not
survive. We
tried to warn
your parents,
aware of the
friendship that
you two have but
you were
traveling and we
could not reach
you.
Henry was very
sad. Olav was
his best friend.
How would life
without Olav be
now? Who would
he play with?
Play ball, go
for a walk? He
began to cry
missing his
friend. The
teacher, seeing
that he could
not study that
day, sent him
back home.
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On the way home
Henry was
thinking of his
friend. He
remembered the
time they spent
together, the
games, bike
rides around the
neighborhood and
so many other
things. He even
remembered that
they liked the
same toys.
So Henry
thought: If Olav
is now living
elsewhere in the
Spiritual World,
who
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knew if
he,
Henry,
would
not also
go
there? |
Then he had an
idea! He decided
to get prepared
for that day.
Arriving at his
house, he told
his mother what
had happened to
Olav. The mother
consoled him:
- You know,
dear, that death
does not exist
and that all
will continue to
live on in
another plane!
So pray for your
friend and one
day you will be
reunited.
Henry nodded,
agreeing with
his mother and
went to his
room.
He opened the
closet and took
an empty
cardboard box he
thought so
beautiful that
he kept it to
use when needed.
The time had
come.
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So Henry
collected
everything he
liked most and
put inside the
box: a
spinning-top
with a
drawstring, some
special toy
cars, a green
transparent
stone he found
on a beach, some
seashells of
different
shapes, two or
three books of
stories he liked
to read from
time to time and
a beautiful blue
pen that he got
from grandma
Beena. Ah! And
the clothes he
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liked
the
most,
which he
had
gotten
from his
mother. |
Considering
himself
satisfied, he
closed the box,
tied it with a
ribbon and
pulling up a
chair put it
right on top of
the wardrobe.
Two weeks later,
he was doing his
homework in the
living room when
his mother
said:
- Henry, I was
missing the new
clothes I bought
for you and I
looked in your
wardrobe. As it
was all messed
up, I tidied it
up and found
this box up
there! Your new
outfit - the
shorts and shirt
I gave you - are
inside this box!
What does it
mean, dear?
Then the boy
said:
- Mom, as Olav
suddenly went to
the Spirit World,
I decided to
prepare myself
properly by
putting together
all I would like
to take if the
same happened to
me.
At that moment
his mother was
moved,
understanding
how the
departure of his
friend had
impacted her
still very young
son.
She approached
him, took him in
her arms and
embraced him
with great love,
then explained:
- My dear, I
understand your
desire to want
to pack the
things that you
like in order to
take them with
you to the
Spirit World, if
you need to go
back there.
However, Henry,
nothing can go
along with you.
All that is from
Earth stays
right here. We
can only take
with us the
qualities we
develop and the
good we have
done. Ultimately,
all that belongs
to the Spirit;
nothing used for
the material
body. Get it?
- Ah! I thought
that I could
take with me all
that is mine,
Mom!
- No, dear. We
will just take
the things of
the soul.
Therefore it is
necessary to
learn to be good,
fraternal, to
forgive offenses,
develop patience,
tolerance and
more.
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Henry thought
for a moment and
said smiling:
- So, Olav
should be just
fine. He never
took offense at
our friends'
pranks, he
helped everyone
and was always
smiling. I
thought he would
be missing "his
stuff", but I
guess not. Olav
really took what
he needed... The
treasures of the
Spirit!
The mother
hugged her son
and smiled
again:
- Do not worry
so much about
your friend,
Henry. Surely he
will miss his
parents,
siblings and
friends, but he
will have the
opportunity to
meet them again.
As for material
things, we
cannot take them
with us, but we
can use our
thoughts to
create the toys
or clothing that
we like very
much.
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Relieved by his
mother's
explanations,
Henry said a
prayer with
great emotion to
his departed
friend, who,
unbeknownst to
him, was present
and happily
smiling to see
that he had not
been forgotten
by Henry.
The spiritual
ties between the
two for sure
would strengthen
over time, and
Olav, now an
inhabitant of
the True Life,
as he learned
and progressed,
could become
Henry's Spirit
Protector.
MEIMEI
(Psychographed
by Celia X. de
Camargo on
15/04/2013.)
