Emphasis Preaching Journal

There is a fable, told by the family therapist Idries Shah, of a stream, that ran from its source high up in the mountains to the edge of a dry and dusty desert. Just as it had run laughing over every other barrier, the stream tried to cross this one, too -- but found that, as fast as it tried to run across the sand, its waters disappeared. The stream was convinced that its destiny was to cross the desert, and yet there was no way to do that.