The Dubner Maggid told the story of two men quarreling over a plot of land. This one said that it belonged to him and this one said it was his. A rabbi, hearing both sides of the argument, put his ear to the ground for a moment. Rising, he pronounced, "It belongs neither to you, nor to you."
"How can that be?" they both complained.
"The earth said that it belongs to neither of you. You belong to it." (related by Rabbi Louis Jacobs)
It is good to remember that we are only passing visitors in this life.
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