Acorns and Pumpkins
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A seasonal story to give us thought. I wasn’t too sure whether to put this in Inspirational Stories or Jokes — it has elements of both. Decided on the former in the end.
Sometimes it’s just as well we’re not in charge; we’d get it so very wrong with our narrow view of things.
Some of my design attempts would have gone disastrously wrong had others been relying on them — either wouldn’t work at all, or horribly complicated.
An old poem describes a woman walking through a meadow, meditating on nature. While strolling about, she came upon a field of golden pumpkins. In the corner of the field stood a majestic, huge oak tree.
She sat under the oak tree musing on the strange twists in nature which put tiny acorns on huge branches and huge pumpkins on tiny vines. She thought to herself, “God blundered with Creation! He should have put the small acorns on the tiny vines and the large pumpkins on the huge branches.”
Nodding off, the woman stretched out under the oak tree for a nap. A few minutes after falling asleep she was awakened by a tiny acorn bouncing off her nose. Chuckling to herself, she rubbed her nose and thought, “Maybe God was right after all!”
It would’ve been a hard lesson had it been a Pumpkin falling. Ouch!!
