Stone Soup | by Madisyn Taylor There are many variations on the story of stone soup, but they all involve a traveler coming into a town beset by famine. The inhabitants try to discourage the traveler from staying, fearing he wants them to give him food. They tell him in no uncertain terms that there's no food anywhere to be found. The traveler explains that he doesn't need any food and that, in fact, he was planning to make a soup to share with all of them. The villagers watch suspiciously as he builds a fire and fills a cauldron with water. With great ceremony, he pulls a stone from a bag, dropping the stone into the pot of water. He sniffs the brew extravagantly and exclaims how delicious stone soup is. As the villagers begin to show interest, he mentions how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in it. A villager brings out a cabbage to share. This episode repeats itself until the soup has cabbage, carrots, onions, and beets--indeed, a substantial soup that feeds everyone in the village. This story addresses the human tendency to hoard in times of deprivation. When resources are scarce, we pull back and put all of our energy into self-preservation. We isolate ourselves and shut out others. As the story of stone soup reveals, in doing so, we often deprive ourselves and everyone else of a feast. This metaphor plays out beyond the realm of food. We hoard ideas, love, and energy, thinking we will be richer if we keep to them to ourselves, when in truth we make the world, and ourselves, poorer whenever we greedily stockpile our reserves. The traveler was able to see that the villagers were holding back, and he had the genius to draw them out and inspire them to give, thus creating a spread that none of them could have created alone. Are you like one of the villagers, holding back? If you come forward and share your gifts, you will inspire others to do the same. The reward is a banquet that can nourish many. | DailyOM Course Spotlight by Ellen Whitehurst Make Yourself a Money Magnet is dedicated to bringing both the promise and the presence of real and lasting wealth, prosperity and abundance in your life. In this report, international inspirational expert Ellen Whitehurst transcends and transforms the meaning of wealth, abundance and, yes, true and lasting prosperity, from an idea or an intention into a real experience. She shares with you the ancient secrets and modern shortcuts, the tips and techniques that she has been privileged to have been privy to over the last 25 years, from empowered intuitives representing almost every tradition and culture and every walk of life. Ellen pulls from these time-tested traditions and then takes you by the hand and walks you down the path to your own personal and powerful true and lasting state of prosperity. She shares ways in which you become a magnet and attractor for abundance, money, prosperity and, of course, wealth. This course will help you clear away the stale, the stuck and the stalled energies that are keeping you in a financial 'holding pattern,' and sweep away all the obstacles that are keeping you from attracting the wealth, abundance and prosperity that are your birthright! Top 10 DailyOM Courses 1. Make Yourself a Money Magnet 2. A Year to Clear What is Holding You Back! 3. Shedding Your Menopausal Middle in 10 Days 4. A Year of Rumi 5. Release Yourself from Family Karma 6. 21 Days of Prayer to Change Your Life 7. Speak with Purpose, Not Impulse 8. Chair Yoga for Healing, Strength and Mobility 9. A Year to Get Rich with Purpose 10. From Codependent to Independent
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