Rabbi Meir

When Rabbi Isaac Meir was still a boy, his mother took him with her to Kozienice. There someone turned to him and said, "Isaac Meir, I'll give you a guilder if you tell me where God is." Isaac answered, "I'll give you two if you tell me where He is not."


[from the Notebooks of poet, Anna Kamienska]

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$$100

I was at a discount book store recently.

I pulled about seven books off the shelves

and found myself a real soft chair to sit down in

and peruse my selections

to see if any were worth buying.

I chose a couple to actually buy.

When I got home I noticed that something

was missing from my front left pocket.

My money was gone!

About $100 in a big green clip was missing!

After a few minutes of anxious thought,

I called the book store and asked if anyone

had turned in some cash in a green clip.

Yes, they said, someone had.

I'll be right there, I said.

Would you believe that some honest person

had found $100 in cash

and had turned it in?

And would you believe that the store clerks

had not taken any out of the total

and were totally honest with me?

I got my $100 back.

Yes, there is evil in this world.

But there is also goodness.