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How many times have we told our children, ‘At the end of the rainbow you will find a pot of gold’? This image captures the imagination and encourages us to strive for success. Many think that success is measured in material wealth, others think it is achieved by finding God, but Betty classed her pot of gold as knowledge in all things. The more knowledge we gain, the more understanding of life we have and the more we can help others.

Knowing ourselves is the first step. We all have two sides to our nature and sometimes that can be hard to face, but knowing this fact enables us to become more positive about ourselves and change if need be. A pot of gold is found only through pure hard work and determination, and for that you have to have courage.

I am a dreamer,

Who walks the corridors of light

That gives me life.

The mirrors that I see

Show other sides of me

And tell me who and what I am.

This truth is hard to take

But it brings a kind of ecstasy

In the knowledge that it brings.

We’re told we must never go

‘Where angels fear to tread’.

But in my dreams, I took that path

And found a pot of gold

That others hadn’t dared to hold.

I had a choice, to take it in my hands

And walk away, or take a simple scroll

Which held the mysteries and the vibes

That the ‘ancients’ had withheld

And had guarded with their lives.

The choice was mine and mine alone.

I do not know what choice I made

For in an instant I was wide awake.

But I do not have material things

But a gift of ‘knowing’

That I know cannot be bought or sold

For a pot of gold.