A thief hears that the holy man of the mountain has one of
the most beautiful diamonds in existence.
The thief determines to steal it.
He sneaks into the old man’s hut, finds the diamond and prepares to flee
when the old man suddenly enters. The thief
is about to strike him, but the old man laughs and tells him to go ahead and
take the diamond. Halfway down the
mountain the thief turns around. He
returns and hands the diamond back to the holy man, saying, “Give me instead
whatever you have that allowed you to give me this diamond so freely and
joyfully.”
When our experience of
loss and failure is planted in the fertile soil of faith, we become spiritually
stronger and gain greater independence from immediate satisfaction. We are more able to fight the good fight with
enduring wisdom. From “Faith-Rooted
Organizing” pg.172.
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