Story of the week .... a sufi story ....

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I have been a misfit since childhood. I knew that

no one understood me, not even my father.

 

He once said, "You are not a madman, fit to be put in a

madhouse, nor are you monk to be put in a monastery. I just

don't know what you are!"

 

I replied: "You know, father, I can tell you what it is like. Once a

duck egg was put under a hen to be hatched. When the egghatched, the

duckling walked along with the mother hen until they came to a pond.

 

The duckling took a nice dip in the water. But the hen stayed on the

bank and clucked. Now, my dear father, after having tried the sea I

find it my home. If you choose to stay on the shore, is it my fault?

I am not to be blamed !

 

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listen, o drop, give yourself up without regret,

and in exchange gain the OCEAN.

listen, o drop, bestow upon yourself the honor,

and in the arms of the SEA be secure.

who indeed should be so fortunate?

an ocean wooing a drop

in GOD'S NAME, IN GOD'S NAME, SELL AND BUY AT

ONCE!

give a drop, and take this SEA full of

pearls.

 

rumi