“134th story”
Once upon a time;
A Shepperd took his herd of sheep to graze.
In the way, he saw a huge walnut tree and climb it.
The Shepperd went up high of the tree to reach the fruit.
While he was enjoying the fresh walnuts, a strong wind started blowing. He wanted to come down, but it seemed impossible and got scared.
The wind was moving the tree’s branches very severe, and he knew he would fall and hurt himself badly or even die.
He looked at the sky and said: “Dear God; if you let me come down safely, I would give my herd to the poor for your satisfaction.”
And he kept begging God for a miracle.
Suddenly the wind slowed down and the Shepperd felt his safety right away. He came to a more strong branch, looked at the sky, and said: “Dear God, if I give my herd to the poor, what would my wife and children do? I am sure you wouldn’t mind me changing my prayers and give you only half of the herd.”
He came down slowly and when he got closer to the ground, looked at the sky and said: “Dear God, I’m sure you wouldn’t mind if I only give a little bit of the wool and milk to the poor and keep the other half to myself.”
The Shepperd climbed down the tree safely and looked at the sky and said: “Dear God, sometimes I just talk too much. Sorry if I took your precious time. Whatever I said on the tree doesn’t make sense to me, now that I am on the ground.”
“This simple story reminds us of many similar situations we see or hear.”
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Amazing story. Moral one
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Thanks Riya dear. Happy spring.🌹
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True, human nature
During difficulties they promise, once they get back to normalcy their mind set will be changed . 🙄
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Appreciate your beautiful comment. Happy spring.🌹
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Reblogged this on Blue Dragon Journal.
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Happy spring.🌹
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❤
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Beautiful story,the Sheppard made a commitment with God when he was in danger and he forgot it in safety. I’m sure he had paid it back.
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Love you.❤️
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human nature
is sin
and to win
is not the point of the game
aim hi
expect low
and just
so now
you too
have your own fertile crescent
that ur of the caldes
thanks michelle!
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True, happy spring.
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is it?
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No but what can we do, just keeping faith. Deppression and sadness is beyond imagination.
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indeed. the literal places on earth a living hell. syria ,turkey and all those races facing ultimate hegemonies!
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And now Covid-19.
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yup the enemy within. the mayan tomb nineteen and utah usa had that earthquake! gosh!
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😔
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you know those signs me nothing to me. blame it on babel. they can do anything. let us go down then and confuse their language!
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This is a lovely story, I think it is a natural human tendency to think about extreme things in times of difficulties…
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True, but we should always keep our promises, LOL. Thanks dear.
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A familiar tale of human frailty!
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Thanks Peter, always kind and supportive.🌹
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Beautiful story ! With god it is “only” a moral problem, with leaders it is the balance of power to change, with friends it is the lost of faith… Thanks Laleh
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Thank You dear for reading and commenting. Happy spring.🌹
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Empty promises come easy when in dire need. Once we’ve achieved our desire or goal, they are soon cast aside.
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It should not be like this, but unfortunately it is. Thanks Rosaliene.🌹
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🙂 And the sheep were happy on the ground all along!
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Yeah,😂. Happy spring Joy.🌹
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Your stories always have such good message
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That’s very kind of you.🌷
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Human nature, unfortunately!
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True. Thanks for visiting dear.❤️
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Thank-you for the excellent story.
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Appreciate your kind comment.🌹
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Nice story!
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Thanks sweetheart.🌹
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🌹🌷❤️
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Hi Laleh I nominate you to Fix Crown Award
https://positivesideofcoin.com/2020/03/21/fix-her-crown/
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Awww, you’re amazing dear, appreciate it.❤️
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You’re welcome, you deserve it❤️
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I’m honoured.❤️
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How little can our words mean. Not everyone can meet the contract. In an emergency, please help and we are able to sacrifice a lot. God is patient
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Thanks so much dear for care to read and comment.❤️
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Your little stories are always beautiful wise and fairytale. give food for thought
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You’re always more than kind my dear.❤️
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❤❤❤
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Thanks for the nomination… however, I may not follow it up due to my busy schedules 🙂
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My pleasure.❤️
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Good story related to selfish humans.
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Thanks for sharing your comment dear.❤️
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We pray when we need and forget when things are going our way.. ;-(
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Unfortunately some of us. Thanks for commenting dear.❤️
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Must have been a glitch.. now working.. 😉
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You’re awesome.🌹
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Sempre più spesso l’umanità agisce per suo piacimento ed egoismo, dimentica gli altri e le Entità superiori.
E i risultati si stanno vedendo.
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You’re absolutely right, and that’s so unfortunate. Thanks for sharing your comment dear.❤️
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Ah, be better if God had put him back on top of the tree 🙂
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Lol, yes. Thanks Roy.❤️
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Thanks for sharing dear.❤️
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YOU ARE WELCOME
PREGO
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THANKS 🙂
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Excellent. That is just great. We promise the stars when we are in trouble. Thank you for this.
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Thank you Mark dear for your kind comment.
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