This is a charming and instructive tale that Hazrat Inayat Khan sometimes told. The way in which it is given, concealing details about the child, the ‘guardian’ and the nature of the child’s wish, hint that it might have been one of Hazrat Inayat’s children and that he was the ‘guardian’ — but another possibility is that the child was Inayat himself.
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This little story reminds me of the ‘Power of Thought’ nr. 34 in Social Gathekas.
For me it is a reality when I look back tot my wishes I had.
Yes! Thank you, dear Ganesh, it is true for all of us, if we keep the wish before us.