Friday, May 30, 2003

Putting the Pieces Back Together

"I am reminded of the story of the teacher who tears to shreds a map of the world and, thinking it an impossible task, gives it to a recalcitrant student to put together. Within ten minuutes the boy is back, the task completed. Astonished, the teacher asks him how he did it. The boy replies: When I turned the pieces over, I found a torn-up man. I put him together, and when I looked at the other side the world was whole again." By Soozi Holbeche, The Way Ahead.

This wonderful little story reminds us that the answer to the world's problems is people. Once we make ourselves whole, our world falls into place as it should be. When we fall apart, our world falls apart.

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