Today's Beautiful Gem: `The prayer of the Unborn' by Laura Huxley.

          The holidays will be upon us soon. It is the time when the whole
family gathers together. When that is not possible, people think of each
other. The children are an integral part of the family. Without a child's
laughter that resounds like tinkling bells, the house is empty. Children
are capable of exhibiting enormous affection. They are there to love and
to be loved. The following poem by Laura Huxley is the prayer of the unborn.

"Men and women who are on Earth, you are our creators.
We, the unconceived, beseech you:
Let us have living bread        the builder of our new body.
Let us have pure water          the vitalizer of our blood.
Let us have clean air              so that every breath is a caress.
Let us feel the petals of jasmine and roses
                                            which are as tender as our skin.

"Men and women who are on Earth, you are our creators.
We, the unconceived, beseech you:
Do not give us a world of rage and fear
                                    for our minds will be rage and fear.
Do not give us violence and pollution
                                    for our bodies will be disease and abomination.
Let us be wherever we are rather than bringing us
                                    into a tormented self-destroying humanity.

"Men and women who are on Earth, you are our creators.
We, the unconceived, beseech you:
If you are ready to love and to be loved,
Invite us to this Earth of the thousand wonders.
And we will be born to love and be loved."

Om shaantiH Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao.

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