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

04-19-2004, 03:26 AM

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