THE TWO SEAS..

haha here's an extract from a book..it's realli nice and i think it makes loads of sense too..

the two seas of Palestine-

there are two seas in Palestine. one is fresh, fish are in it. splashes of green adorn its banks. trees spread their branches over it and stretch out their thristy roots to sip of its healing water.

..the River Jordan makes this sea with sparkling water from the hills. so it laughs in the sunshine. and men build their houses near to it, birds their nests; and every kind of life is happier because it it there.

the River Jordan flows on south into another sea.

here there is no of fish, no fluttering leaf, no song of birds, no children's laugher. travellers choose another route, unless on urgent business. the air hangs heavy above its water, neither man nor beast nor fowl will drink.

what makes this mighty difference in these neighbour seas? not the River Jordan. it empties the same good water into both. not the soil in which they lie; not in the country round about.

this is the differnce. the Sea of Galilee recieves but does not keep the Jordan. for every drop that flows into it another drop flows out. the giving and recieving go in equal measure.

the other sea is shrewder, hoarding its income jealously. it will not be tempted into any generous impulse. every drop it gets, it keeps.

the Sea of Galilee gives and lives. this other sea givs nothing. it is named the Dead.

there are two kinds of people in this world. there are two seas in Palestine.

-adapted from the 7 habits of highly effective teenager

which adapted from the man nobody knows by bruce barton