Chapter 1

“Believe”
An inspirational fable
By Dayle Schear

     Joe remembered what he read the other night in the book “Believe.”
      “Believe”
      Before I leave this world I want my child to know a few very important
things about who I am and what I believe.
      I know in my heart it may not make a big difference in the grand scheme
of things, but in my heart I feel I will have shared my truths of my soul.
      I want my child to know about spirit. I want him to know that the world is not all about money. I want him to know it’s about love and sharing from the deepest soul of his heart.
      That I love him, with all that I am; and wherever his journey in life leads him I will be with him in spirit as well as soul. He will always have my love wherever he goes.
     Joe told Mary all about the book “Believe” and how he found it in the dumpster. He finally understood what she meant by soul-mates, for there hadn’t been a waking moment while he was among the homeless that he didn’t pine for the loss of her. He needed courage to find his way back home to Mary.
      Mary was so happy. Their life together was like a story book; things were falling into place. The love of their life was their son Michael. Every weekend Joe and Mary and Michael played at the park. There would be
many long picnics. Soon they would be married.
      On one of their Sunday picnics they noticed Michael seemed to have difficulty breathing. Suddenly, Michael turned a bluish purple. Mary screamed for Joe as he sat on the bench reading his book “Believe.”
      “Joe! Come here quickly!”
      Joe raced to Mary, who held Michael in her arms.
     “Lets get him to the hospital. I think he stopped breathing.” Joe tried to remain calm while breathing into Michael’s lungs until help could arrive.
      Mary called 911 on her cellular phone. Within minutes the ambulance arrived and the paramedics somehow got Michael breathing again. Sirens blaring, they rushed him to the hospital.
      Joe paced the halls of the hospital while Mary stood by her son’s side.
      “Why is this happening to me?” Joe cried, his eyes filled with tears. “He’s so young and helpless. Oh, dear God, what can I do to make him better? Please, God, give me a sign. Please, God, save my son. I'm begging you.”
      The book “Believe” fell out of his pants pocket onto the floor. Was it a sign? Joe picked up the book and read:
      “Believe”
      Never give up. Never let go of your dreams and never let go of the love you have inside of you. One day your life will come together; What you have wished for has finally come to be. One day you will look back on this moment in time and ask yourself, “How did I get through all that?”
      Why, of course, the answer is Because You Believed.
      Joe looked up from the book and closed his eyes for a moment. He remembered Step 7: After the change has begun, you must pass the book and knowledge to someone in need, or all will be taken away from you. Let the light shine in. Let the journey begin.
      “I’ll have to pass on this book... that's one of the rules in the book. If I don’t pass on this book to the next person, my life will revert back to the way it was. That's it! I know that’s it.
      “I have to get out of this hospital and go back to the homeless. I have to pass the book on.”
      Joe Ran into the room where Mary was holding Michael's hand.
       “Mary, trust me... I’ll be right back. Just trust me.” he said hurriedly
       Mary nodded.
      Joe ran as fast as he could to the park where he knew he could find the homeless. Hardly anyone recognized him. Joe passed by a shadow of a man perched on a box against an old doorway The man was wearing a torn and tattered gray sweat suit. His beard and mustache were stringy and caked with remnants of food.
     Shocked by what he saw, Joe stopped abruptly at the doorway.  Joe shouted. “Nick! Nick, it’s me, Joe, remember?”
      Nick stopped drinking from his wine bottle and peered up at Joe. “Joe it’s you! It’s really you, isn’t it?  Whoa, what happened you come into some money, Pal?  Can I have a hit on a cigarette? Got some spare change?”
      Joe interrupted Nick’s rambling. “Nick buddy, listen to me! You got to listen to me. I don’t have much time; please listen.” Joe sat down beside Nick on the cold concrete slab.
      Nick glared at Joe’s red face and took another swig from his bottle. “Yeah, I'm listening. Give me a cigarette and I’ll listen all you want, Buddy.”
      Joe found an old cigarette butt in the gutter and lit it for Nick.
      “Nick, I have a book to give you.  Please read it. This book changed my life. “Here, Nick, please... take the book.”
      “What is this book?”  Nick thumbed through the pages randomly. “Com’on, Joe, how can anyone believe a book can change his life? This must be hogwash. Nothing can change my life,” Nick muttered.
      “Nick, look at me.” Joe shook the book in front of Nick’s face. “This book gave me back my life. Look at me, Nick. Trust someone for once in your life,” Joe pleaded. “Read the book. That’s all I ask.”
      “Nick, I have to go.” Joe stared at Nick’s face, silently pleading with Nick. This was Joe’s mission; he had to give back to the homeless.
      He turned and walked away, hoping with all his heart and soul that Nick would read this very precious book.
      Joe raced back towards the hospital, thinking, “If I'm right, my son should be getting better. I gave the book away to someone in need. I fulfilled my mission.”
      When Joe reached the hospital floor, he was out of breath. There was Mary holding her son in her arms. She smiled at Joe and just nodded. “He’s going to make it,” said Mary.
      “I know, Mary. I’ve been praying. We’re all going to make it.” He looked into Mary’s eyes and said, “All we had to do was ‘Believe!’ ”
       “Believe”
       For to find love, look in the heart of your spirit.
     

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