I came across this
little Christmas Parable at a Food Resource website. Given the recent events at
Sandy Hook Elementary and the
non-response-shift-the-blame-spend-more-federal-money-put-more-guns-in-the-hands-of-people-and-in-our-schools
response to this horrific tragedy by the NRA; given the large number of
homeless in America; given the ever growing number of starving children
throughout the world; given our propensity in our national entrenchment way of
thinking of what is in it for me … I thought it would give us some food for
thought as we approach the Christ Mass and the glorious celebration of peace on
earth, good will towards all people.
The
Weight of a Snowflake
"Tell
me the weight of a snowflake," a sparrow asked a wild dove.
"Nothing
more than nothing," was the answer.
"In
that case I must tell a marvelous story," the sparrow said.
"I
sat on a branch of a fir tree, close to its trunk, when it began to snow, not
heavily, not a giant blizzard, no, just like in a dream, without any violence. Since
I didn't have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the
twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was exactly 3,741,952.
When
the next snowflake dropped onto the branch - nothing more than nothing, as you
say - the branch broke off."
Having
said that, the sparrow flew away.
The
dove thought about the story for a while and finally said to
herself:
"Perhaps there is only one voice lacking for peace to come in our
world."
Whenever
you think your contributions, acts of charity, work for justice, gifts of love,
or your talents are nothing, or are small in comparison to those of others,
remember that when one is added to another, and then to another, great things
can happen---from "nothing more than nothing."
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