Short story: A Rabbi learns to not rock the cradle, by his cradling a rock, in his mind

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The Rabbi of Islankland's rock solution was rock solid in its implementation The emptiness of his current position, in his cell of iniquity, had given the Rabbi many headaches over his lifetime. He doubted that he should ever have become a Rabbi. He doubted that his appointment was justified. Then a man came to him for advice, and he said, "The world hates me in every way, so why do I also now hate the world?" The Rabbi had no real answer to this question, as he felt pretty much the same as this himself. Most of the people in his town despised him because of his position as Rabbi, when he was such a desolate soul. He never had a cheerful word for anyone. So, instead of answering this man, the Rabbi asked him to close his eyes, for a minute in his study, and to picture a picture of a large rock, sitting on a sandy beach, all alone. The man did this, and he ended up with the rock, so filling up his mind, that every other thought was squashed away by this rock. "This is the rock of the world," the Rabbi told him. "Let it squash you, and you feel squashed, but let it work for you, and you feel at peace, all worries crushed under its great weight." "It is all up to you my friend if you befriend your own rock, or not." Funny enough, the Rabbi felt better after his improvised visualisation technique too. Things started to improve for himself, and he never carried the weight of the world on his shoulders again. He now carried it inside his head instead, crushing away his worries. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com A rock on a beach is not always a rock that blocks your way to the beach, sometimes, it provides the way, itself.