One hot day, Nasiruddin Hodja was taking it easy in the shade of a walnut tree. After a time, he started eyeing speculatively the huge pumpkins growing on vines and the small walnuts growing on a majestic tree.
Sometimes I just can’t understand the ways of God! He mused. Just fancy letting tiny walnuts grow on so majestic a tree and huge pumpkins on the delicate vines!
Just then a walnut snapped off and fell smack on Nasiruddin’s bald head. He got up at once and, lifting up his hands and face to heaven in supplication, said:
“Oh, my God! Forgive my questioning your ways! You are All-Wise. Where would I be now if pumpkins grew on trees!”
– A spiritual story from Turkey
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