All I Want Is Not To Want

Summary

A child learns about selflessness and patience through a recurring experience of wishing for a cake each year, only to see it go to those in greater need, reflecting on the nature of divine benevolence and personal readiness.

Abstract

The narrative recounts a child's annual ritual of wishing for a cake, which invariably ends up with someone more needy, illustrating a lesson in empathy, generosity, and the virtue of waiting. Each year, the child's mother provides spiritual interpretations to the child's disappointment, emphasizing God's kindness, generosity, and omniscience. The child's understanding of these virtues evolves with time, leading to a mature acceptance of the possibility that the true lesson might be in learning not to desire, or in understanding the right timing for wishes to be fulfilled.

Opinions

The mother believes in the benevolence of God, suggesting that He provides for everyone according to their needs and readiness.
The child initially struggles with the concept of divine generosity when their own wishes are unfulfilled.
The narrative implies that acts of kindness are divinely orchestrated, with the child's cake symbolizing a form of charity directed by a higher power.
The child's repeated experience suggests a subtle message about the importance of perspective and context in understanding acts of giving.
There is an underlying theme that personal desires should be balanced with the needs of others, and that maturity involves recognizing this balance.
The story conveys an opinion that spiritual growth involves learning to align one's wishes with a broader understanding of divine timing and purpose.

All I Want Is Not To Want

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One day, Mum said: “you can ask God anything” I closed my eyes and wished for a cake And opened my eyes with my wish within my hands.

Then, a weeping boy passed by My cake flew and settled in his hands Mum said: “he is so poor, God is so kind.” Looking at him enjoying my cake; I said “God is so kind, What about my cake mum?” She said: “God has a lot to give to all of us, ask him for another one next year”

Next year; I asked for that cake I got it at firstly before it flew again to a weak mother with her baby. Mum said: “they seem so hungry, look how generous God is.” I said: “God is so generous, is he seeing me?” She said: “He is seeing all of us all the time, he is giving you your cake one day”

The following year I made the same wish. And my wish flew as usual Mum said: “Be considerate, God is so knowing” I said: “God is so knowing, does he knows about me?” She said: “he knows about all of us, he knows what he is doing, try again next year”

Many years have passed since then, Each year I make the same sin, The flying cake that knows who needs it And I am still waiting, for the year when God decides I am ready to have, When the flying cake rests in my hands. When I am rewarded by God, who is kind, generous, and knowing. When God gives me what I wish for, Or teaches me how to quit wanting it.