Thomas Umstattd Jr.

The Land Beyond the Lake (parable)

Photo by wili_hybrid . An old man and a boy were fishing on the shore of a great lake. As they listened to the sound of the birds and the whispers of the wind the old man started to tell the boy stories. He talked of how he had grown up and how some things had changed and some stayed the same. He talked of how he had seen the land on the other side of the lake. “What are you talking about Grandfather?”...