This is one of my favorite passages in the world’s books; this
tells what actually we named
Humanity!
You should have a look at it…
There are two
seas in Palestine…
One is fresh, and fish
are in it. Splashes of green adorn its banks. Trees spread their branches over
it and stretch out their thirsty roots to sip of its healing waters. Along its
shores the children play as children played when He was there. He loved it. He
could look across its silver surface when He spoke His parables.
And on a rolling plain
not far away He fed five thousand people. The river Jordan makes this sea with
sparkling water from the hills. So it laughs in the sunshine. And men build
their houses near to it, and birds their nests; and every kind of life is
happier because it is there.
The river Jordan flows
on south into another sea. Here no splash of fish, no fluttering of leaf, no
song of birds, no children’s laughter. Travelers choose another route, unless
on urgent business. The air hangs heavy above its water, and neither man nor
beast nor fowl will drink.
What makes this mighty
difference in these neighbor seas? Not the river Jordan. It empties the same
good water into both. Not the soil in which they lie; not the country round
about.
This is the difference.
The Sea of Galilee receives but does not keep the Jordan. For every drop that
flows into it another drop flows out. The giving and receiving go on in equal
measure.
The other sea is
shrewder, hoarding its income jealously. It will not be tempted into any
generous impulse. Every drop it gets, it keeps.
The Sea of Galilee gives
and lives. The other sea gives nothing. It is named The Dead.
There are two kinds of
people in the world. There are two seas in Palestine...
Have to do a lot... see you later.
Regards and love from;
Najia Arif Sultan...