This is a guest post courtesy of Chris Cade of Spiritual Short Stories.

A farmer’s daughter’s duty was to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages, one of whom was a priest.

To reach his house, the milkmaid had to cross a good-sized stream. People crossed it by a sort of ferry raft, for a small fee.

One day, the priest who performs worship daily with the offering of fresh milk to God, having found that it arrived very late, scolded the poor woman.

“What can I do?” she said, “I start out early from my house, but I have to wait a long time for the boatman to come.”

Then the priest said (pretending to be serious), “What! People have even walked across the ocean by repeating the name of God, and you can’t cross this little river?”

The milkmaid took him very seriously. From then on she brought the priest’s milk punctually every morning.

He became curious and asked her how she managed to arrive on time everyday.

“I cross the river repeating the name of the Lord,” she replied, “just as you told me to, without waiting for the ferry.”

The priest didn’t believe her, and asked, “Can you show me this, how you cross the river on foot?”

So they went together to the water and the milkmaid began to walk over it. Looking back, the woman saw the priest following her and was floundering in the water.

“Sir!” she cried, “You are uttering the name of God, yet all the while you are holding up your clothes from getting wet. That is not trusting in God!”

Author: Sri Ramakrishna

Reflection Questions

1. How does the woman apply the Law of Attraction?
2. How is the Law of Attraction applied to the man?
3. What is one limiting belief you have that is keeping you from reaching your greatest potential?
4. What is one aspect of your life that you are committed to with every part of your being?

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