Walking on Wednesday ~ The Long Walk is Part of the Gift
When a young girl in Africa heard that her teacher would be leaving their village, she wanted to give her a special gift. The girl didn't have any money to buy a present for her teacher, but finally she decided what she would do. The Long Walk photo: Raige Creations at Craggy Pinnacle She was gone for two days and when she returned she was carrying the most exquisite shell anyone in her village had ever seen. Her teacher was amazed. "Where did you get this?" she asked. The child told her that such shells were found only on a certain faraway beach. The teacher was deeply touched, because she knew that the girl had walked many miles to find the shell. "You shouldn't have traveled so far just to find a gift for me," she said. The girl smiled and explained, "The long walk is part of the gift." The Tree and the Rock photo: Raige Creations at Craggy Pinnacle It is an old story, one I read probably 30 years ago in Reader's Dig...