{"id":65694,"date":"2024-01-19T08:43:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=65694"},"modified":"2024-01-19T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:43:53","slug":"the-bridge-moral-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/the-bridge-moral-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bridge | Moral Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side. They had been sharing machinery, trading a labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference which exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>One morning there was a knock on elder brother\u2019s door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter\u2019s toolbox.<strong> \u201cI am looking for a few days of work\u201d, he said. <strong>\u201cPerhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>\u201cYes!\u201d said the elder brother. <strong>\u201cI do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That\u2019s my neighbor, in fact, it\u2019s my younger brother and we don\u2019t get along. Last week he dug a wider passage for water into his farm. But he ended up creating a very wide creek in between our farms and I am sure he did it just to annoy me. I want you to build me something so that we don\u2019t have to stand and see each other\u2019s face from across.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>The carpenter said <strong>\u201cI think I understand the situation. I will be able to do a job that will please you.\u201d. The elder brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>At sunset when the elder brother returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The elder brother\u2019s eyes opened wide and his jaw dropped. It was not what he had even thought of or imagined. It was a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work, beautiful handrails. And to his surprise, his younger brother across the creek was coming to meet him with a big smile and arms wide open to hug him.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>\u201cYou are really kind and humble my brother! After all I had done and said to you, you still shown that blood relations can never be broken! I am truly sorry for my behaviour\u201d, the younger brother said as he hugged his elder brother. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder.<strong> \u201cNo, wait! Stay a few days. I have a lot of other projects for you,\u201d said the older brother.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>\u201cI\u2019d love to stay on\u201d, the carpenter said, <strong>\u201cbut, I have many more bridges to build!\u201d\n<blockquote><p><span style='\"font-size:'>Moral: There is no shame in accepting your mistake or forgiving each other. We should be kind and humble. We should try to stay together as a family and not break away from it over the petty arguments.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side. They had been sharing machinery, trading a labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. 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