An interesting story

I have a book called Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Times and in it are bunches of stories... well one the editor put in. Here it is.

A woman lost her last living relative to old age and she was devastated. She went to a wise man and asking him if he could bring her relative back to life. He told her he could but he needed to make a special potion and she must bring him the ingredients. She eaherly agreed. He listed strange ingredients, all of which she brought back faithfully.

Finally, he said, "The last thing you must bring me is a grain of rice from a family that has suffered no losses and has lived in constant happiness." The woman eagerly set off to look for such a family. It sounded easy enough to her. She looked in all the houses in the village and the surrounding villages, but found no one who had never suffered the pain of losing a loved one. She went out to look in the rest of the country, but still found no one who could help her. -I must leave no stone unturned,- she thought. She traveled across the world and asked at every house but found no family that fit the wise man's description.

Finally, exhausted and discouraged, she returned to her village and told the wise man, "There is no family in the world that has not lost a dear one. Please, tell me there is another way to complete the potion." The wise man replied, "Not one family in the world has escaped the pain of losing a loved one. The potion cannot be made. All families have suffered like you do now, and their pain has passed. So will yours."

Michael,

That is a cool story from a great book. Thanks for posting it.
We dont always understand the why or the how but that does not mean it is for nothing.

Thanks again.
red

Okay.