Today's Thought - January

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January 22

Then Bacchus ... gave him the choice of making a wish come true ... So Midas said, "Make everything I touch turn gold."

~Ovid

Poor King Midas, already rich as a king, was made poorer by his poor wish. Everything he touched: small shoots, wet clay, a ripe head of wheat, apples from a tree - all suddenly went bad, turned into gold, pure gold. And how could he eat when bread and fruits, even fresh running water, suddenly shined at him, yellow, hard, and cold? He could have wished for a wiser, smaller success.

He could have had all familiar things turn kind at his touch, or loving and good. Then imagine how he would have touched everyone he came near.

If some wishes are too good to be true, are others too bad?

Today's reading is from the book Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families*