One day, they decide to pilgrimage to the holy city.
Knowing the wind and the rain
will be their enemies on the pilgrimage, they devise a plan for protection.
When the wind blows,
the mud pie will sit on the dry leaf, and when the rain pours, the leaf will sit on the mud pie to keep it dry. The plan worked fine, until one day the wind blew and the rain poured at the same time. The result?
The leaf blew away and
the mud pie dissolved into nothingness.
To be "poor in spirit" means to realize that we cannot go through life alone. There will be times when even our friend can't help us. We will need God.
