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Her son died when he was but a child…it was way beyond her belief… She wrapped him in her arms and walked around…unable to control her grief. She walked from house to house…”I’m looking for medicine for my son” she said. Some felt pity…some laughed saying, “Whoever heard of medicine for the dead.” She finally wandered to the feet of a wise man…she cried, “Oh please wise one…. can you give me medicine…medicine for my son?” The wise one said, “I will make your medicine…but you must travel the countryside… And bring me grains of mustard seed from every household in which no-one has ever died.” The woman was delighted…at last a way to bring her young son back to life…. but at the first house where she stopped …the man had recently lost his wife. The woman listened to his story with sympathy…as he made his feelings known…. understanding the grief he still felt…was similar to her own. And at every house she turned to…on every face…with every breath She heard stories of long sicknesses…of tragedy and of death. When she began this mission she thought she was alone… that no one else had cared But now she felt a little differently knowing the grief she felt was shared. With tears in her eyes she returned to the wise one…her mission finally done understanding the grief she had been feeling…has been felt by everyone. She handed her son to the wise one…who was the first to understand her woe Having found her grief a little easier to accept… she found it a little easier to let him go.
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