The Parable of the Fellow Made of Salt

I found this story the other day in a book by Leonardo Boff, and thought I would pass it along to you. Hope your week is a good one.

The Parable of the Fellow Made of Salt

There once was a man made of salt who, after journeying across arid deserts, came to the sea, which he had never seen before, and which he could not comprehend. He questioned the sea:
“Who are you?”
The sea responded:
 “I am the sea!”
“And what is the sea?”
“I’m me!”
“I don’t understand,” said the salty fellow, “and I would like very much to understand…How can I?”
“Touch me!”
Then the fellow made of salt timidly touched the sea with the tips of his toes…and perceived that he was beginning to comprehend. But then he fell back and cried out:
“Look! The tips of my toes have disappeared! What have you done to me, sea?”
The sea answered:
“I’ve taken what you gave me, so that you can know me.”
And the man of salt began to wade into the sea little by little, solemnly and slowly, like someone performing the most important act of his life. As he entered the sea, he started dissolving, and then he began to comprehend what the sea was. The fellow repeated his question to himself: “What is the sea?” Just then a wave swallowed him. And he, in that moment of being totally dissolved in the sea, cried: “It’s me!”