Hello everyone,
This is the fourth part of the inner Stone Soup story.
At the end of the last part, more and more villagers became curious, came to the travelers, and gave different ingredients such as spices, onions, parsnips, beans, and even meat. As the delicious soup aroma wafted throughout the village, more villagers joined. They began to talk about the best soup they ever ate, where they ate it, and when is the best time to eat soup. After a while, the soup was done!
“Let’s eat!” said the travelers.
Each villager brought their own bowls and everyone ate soup. They agreed: this is the best soup they ever had!
This is where I’m going to pause and say that similar to how the villagers became curious, contributed to the soup, and connected with the travelers and each other in a communal way – when we have inner connection and can be generous with ourselves, we could also make something very beautiful.
So my example is during a 10 day silent meditation retreat, I was really able to get stillness with myself. I can sense a stronger inner connection and when I got to a very quiet place unexpectedly, beautiful children’s stories came to me. After the retreat I decided to see if I could share these stories with the world and self publish. It took me over a year and here it is – I think it’s beautiful!
So I am curious if you experienced inner connection and generosity? When you did, what beautiful things came from it? These beautiful things could be external or internal. Leave a comment below.
Take care.