One Little Ant
The Spirituality of Small Acts
Years ago, the mother of the sultan was known as a great philanthropist. She planted trees to give the people of Istanbul shade in the summer and paid for a system of wells so that people could get water more easily. She built mosques and also schools and a hospital, which she endowed with income-producing lands so that they could function in perpetuity.
While the hospital was under construction, she visited the site. There she noticed an ant fall into wet concrete. Deciding that no creature should suffer from her acts of charity, she stuck her expensive French parasol into the concrete and lifted the ant out.
Years later, on the night of her death, several of her close friends dreamed of her. She looked young and radiant, and when they asked if she were in Paradise because of all her generous charities, she replied, “No, the state I enjoy now is all because of one little ant!”
— Robert Frager in Heart, Self & Soul: The Sufi Psychology of Growth, Balance, and Harmony
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Heart, Self & Soul: The Sufi Psychology of Growth, Balance, and Harmony by Robert Frager |
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