The Bridge

Two brothers had farms adjacent to each other, and worked their fields daily with plenty of animals pasturing while planting many vegetables for their family and friends. Unfortunately one day they had a heated argument and did not speak for several weeks. One of the brothers dug a pit between his farm and his brother’s, so that he could not cross over to his property. The other one brought in a carpenter and asked him to build a wooden wall around his property. After a few days, no wall was built and instead the brothers noticed a bridge being built from one side to the other side over the pit. So the brothers approached the bridge, each one from his side, and met in the center of the bridge, gave a big hug to each other, and cried tears of joy that the carpenter was instrumental to bring healing and reconciliation. Let us learn from this story to build more bridges, instead of divisions in our lives.