A Rabbi and His Child
    This touching little tale is from Teaching Your Children About God by David J. Wolfe. I imagine that anyone who loves nature can relate to it.
    “There is a wonderful Chasidic stoary about the child of a rabbi who used to wander in the woods. At first the father let him wander, but over time he became concerned. The woods were dangerous. The father did not know what lurked there.
    “He decided to discuss the matter with his child. One day he took him aside and said, “You know, I have noticed that each day you walk into the woods. I wonder, why do you go there?”
    “The boy said to his father, “I go there to find God.”
    “”That is a very good thing,” the father replied gently. “I am glad you are searching for God. But, my child, don’t you know that God is the same everywhere?”
    “”Yes,” the boy answered. “But I’m not.”"Â
August 13th, 2011 at 7:52 am
Oh, this is so lovely, April! Thanks for sharing.
August 13th, 2011 at 8:43 am
Thanks for sharing this beautiful story! I find God in nature as well.
August 13th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
This takes my breath away!
August 14th, 2011 at 10:26 am
Thank you April,
I hadn’t thought of it this way,
Diane
August 14th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
seems to me the boy equates “looking for god”, with finding peace or with finding an answer of some nature (the pun works, if unintended)
looks to me, from his words, “i go there to find god”.
to say, the boy is not the same everywhere, the boy figures god is not in his home or his other surroundings ….
kind of a puzzle, isn’t it ?
August 17th, 2011 at 9:46 am
Amazing story! so wonderful to have such a fundamental truth shared in such a concise form….