Mulla Nasrudin

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Dennis Lewis <denlew94131

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Friday, July 13, 2001 7:34 PM

[allspirit] Love

 

> This is a story involving the incomparable Mulla Nasrudin.

>

> "The Mulla had put a lot of effort into starting a beautiful flower

> garden and was eagerly awaiting the results. One morning he woke up

> and the garden was in full bloom. But it was filled not just with the

> flowers he had planted but also with a yellow blanket of dandelions,

> which he didn't like. After pondering his problem, he sought out

> the advice of famous gardeners everywhere about how to get rid of

> these dandelions, which were overrunning his garden. Try as he might,

> none of the advice worked; in fact the dandelions seemed to feed on

> these efforts to get rid of them. Finally, in apparent desperation,

> he sought out the advice of the royal gardener at the sheik's

> palace, a man reputed to be very wise. The royal gardener made many

> suggestions, but the Mulla had already tried them all. Finally, after

> sitting in silence for many hours, the gardener looked at the Mulla

> and said, 'Well, since you can't get rid of the dandelions,

> perhaps you'd better learn to love them.' 'That's just it,'

> said the Mulla, 'I already do.'"