A Parable On This Day For The Earth: "The Wise Woman's Stone..."

"A wise woman who was travelling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream... The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him... She did so without hesitation... The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime... But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman... 'I've been thinking', he said, 'I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious... Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone'...". Anon

A parable of meaning within the context of the gift of a simple stone...

Like the Wise Woman... Our Mother Earth gives to us all each moment of each hour of each day... It is then up to us to then ask, and learn, and become, someone who then gives back and passes forward also...

Have a special Earth Day today.......

DSD

Special thanks to Vida Morkunas for the above images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seawallrunner/