The Sorrow Tree,
by: Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R., The Sower's Seeds
So it was that when the Hasidic pilgrims vied for those
among them who had endured the most suffering, the Zaddck told them the story
of the Sorrow Tree. On the Day of Judgment, each person will be allowed to hang
one's unhappiness and sufferings on a brach of the great Tree of Sorrows. After
all have found a limb from which their miseries may dangle, they may all walk
slowly around the tree. Each person is to search for a set of sufferings that
he or she would prefer to those he or she has hung on the tree.
In the end, each one freely chooses to reclaim his or her
own assortment of sorrows rather than those of another. Each person leaves the
Tree of Sorrows wiser that when he or she arrived.
The Man In The Glass
When you get what you want in your
struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a
day
Just go to the mirror and look at
yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father, or mother,
or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most
in your life
Is the one staring back from the
glass.
He’s the fellow to please – never
mind all the rest
For he’s with you, clear to the end
And you’ve passed your most
difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your
friend.
You may fool the whole world down
the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be
heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the
glass.
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