The Story-Teller's Corner

"Once,

eons before the dawn of time,
there was only an Essence.
Pure and perfect unto Its Self,
It drifted,
flawless and whole;
a realm in which nothing
but Its Self existed.

And as It grew,

expanding to form everything,
It touched upon a boundary,

realizing a limitation.
Where,

It wondered,
was the proof of Its glories
when It encountered only sameness?
What could stand as testament
to everything It was
when there were no obstacles to overcome?

Time passed
as stars grew from this questioning

and the answer,
when it came,
was simple.

In an act of self-sacrifice,
This flawless, immortal One,
shattered into an infinity of pieces,
scattering shards of every shape and color
to every corner of the Universe,

trusting each piece,
no matter how it formed,
no matter where it landed,
would grow to rediscover and reunite Itself.

It would not be easy;
this finding and refitting.
But it was not meant to be.
There must be pain.

There must be failure.
There must be struggle.
If not for this,
what value was there in the sacrifice?

And now,

here we are,
perfectly imperfect, 

fractured shards
existing in a world of separation and pain
driven to rediscover
and reunite with those pieces
we find in the hearts and souls of others.
For by doing so,
we recreate our Origin
and celebrate the proof of Love."