tales for dreamers: a fitting response to a senseless punishment
We're back in medieval times now. The powers-that-be find great delight in beheading! But living beings have always found a way to survive in the face of oppression.
In these parts, there is only one punishment for any mistake made, no matter how big or small: decapitation.
No questions are entertained. It doesn’t matter if all you did was tell a lie or stole a fortune. The punishment remains the same. A swift severance of the head from the rest of the body.
The powers-that-be have determined there can simply be no room for error. They’re of the belief that mischief not nipped in the bud goes on to foster a criminal mind.
We don’t necessarily agree with them — how can one possibly learn and live and grow without trying and making mistakes? — but we understand they are operating out of fear.
Fear of an unknown future.
And they’re doing everything they can to prevent certain outcomes, to bend the unfolding of the future to their will.
I know. I know. We’ve tried telling them it doesn’t work that way. But they wouldn’t listen. Their fear has them in an ironclad chokehold.
So we’ve come up with creative solutions instead.
All beings who live in these parts have evolved to regrow their heads.
It is a painful process, no doubt, but that is a small price to pay to remain true to who we really are.
Curious, fearless beings, eager to explore and experiment.
And in the process we’ve learnt that pain is a whole lot easier to endure than fear.
Last week's image info: The woods featured in 'about my favourite woodland creature' are at Niagara Glen. It's one of the trails that lead down to the river rapids. The woodland creature itself has long gone to other parts of the world, exploring new places and having new adventures even as we speak.
