"Tell me the weight of a snowflake", a sparrow asked of a wild dove.
"Nothing more than nothing", was the answer.
"In that case, I must tell you a story", the sparrow said.
"I sat on the branch of a fir, close to its trunk, when it began to snow – not heavily, not a raging blizzard – no, just like in a dream, without a sound and without any violence. Since I did not have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was 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, since Noah’s time an authority on the matter, thought about the story for a while, and finally said to herself, "Perhaps there is only one person’s voice lacking for peace to come to the world".
- From New Fables by Kurt Kauter
Mark thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Wishing you and your family health & happiness in the upcoming year!
"Nothing more than nothing", was the answer.
"In that case, I must tell you a story", the sparrow said.
"I sat on the branch of a fir, close to its trunk, when it began to snow – not heavily, not a raging blizzard – no, just like in a dream, without a sound and without any violence. Since I did not have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was 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, since Noah’s time an authority on the matter, thought about the story for a while, and finally said to herself, "Perhaps there is only one person’s voice lacking for peace to come to the world".
- From New Fables by Kurt Kauter
Mark thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Wishing you and your family health & happiness in the upcoming year!
