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this re-connection to your culture and your heritage you<br />

will find the key which will open the treasure chest.<br />

But, never forget that the treasure chest is inside of you,<br />

flowing through your veins. It is not some external “thing”<br />

to be obtained or found. Rather, the divine joy is residing<br />

within you, in your heart, in your breath and in your blood.<br />

FOOTPRINTS<br />

I heard a story once of a man who was a great devotee of<br />

God. Always throughout his life, God was his companion.<br />

He loved God more than anything else in all the world. When<br />

the man was very old, he lay in his bed one afternoon and<br />

had a dream. In this dream, he could see his entire life<br />

stretched out before him, as though it was the coastline<br />

along the ocean. And he could look back and see his footprints<br />

— deep impressions in the wet sand — marking the<br />

path he had walked in this life. As he looked back further<br />

and further, he could see that, in fact, there was not one,<br />

but 2 sets of footprints, side by side, along the edge of<br />

the ocean. He knew the other footprints were those of<br />

God, for he had felt God’s presence beside him throughout<br />

his life.<br />

But, then he saw something that woke him immediately from<br />

his dream; his heart beat fast and he could not hold back<br />

the tears. “God!” He cried out. “I just had a dream, and in<br />

this dream I could see the whole path of my life; I could<br />

see the footprints I left along the way. And beside my<br />

footprints, there were yours, for You walked with me,<br />

and...” Now the man was full of tears and could barely<br />

speak. “But, God, sometimes there was only one set of footprints,<br />

and when I looked, I could see that those were the<br />

times I was really fallen, really broken, when I needed You<br />

most. How, God, how could You leave me when I needed<br />

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