Introduction

April 4, 1989, on a bright Tuesday morning. Today is the day to begin with the fulfillment of a long-neglected dream of mine, and write! As far back as my memory reaches - being only a young child of four or five years old - whenever I could hold just a pencil and a piece of paper I scribbled. Then overcome with a rich joyous feeling that made me happy to the roots of my very soul. Just the mere use of a pencil on a scrap of paper! Those bygone years full of dreams about a bright future!

All the while weaving faithfully my promising rosy dreams - the greatest destruction on earth was ready to descend, set to annihilate millions of innocent lives, their laws and beliefs. Destroying all that human law stands for. Wiping out the last spark of hope in the human soul. Its aftermath left the world in shambles.

Oh how longingly I awaited to go to school and study, to become knowledgeable and to be able to use pen and paper intelligently, to touch mind, heart and soul of all mankind.

Oh how I want now to reach through my writing to the soul and mind of mankind, have them change the whole world to a better one, more peaceful and meaningful for all. To create a different kind of human behavior, a brand new world where no one builds his life goals and happiness on the destruction of other human beings. A world that knows no hatred, neither jealousy nor cruel and heart-rending wars. I so wish for the existence of a world that erases the last flame of hatred from the human soul! All this may seem a childish dream, but because I so wish for a better world, I do believe it may come true - if only all mankind wants it. By each of us following the righteous path and just obeying human law! Then it would happen, my dream would become a reality.

© David Muskal, 2001