In the Old Testament the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us
the following: Cast thy bread upon the
waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
The biblical metaphor is the reason for casting your bread on water is
to let it go. Just toss it out, give it
away, and be generous without obsessing over where it is going. When you give in the true spirit of giving it
will come back to you. If you are truly generous
good deeds will ultimately be reciprocated.
While visiting with family in Mississippi last week the grandson and I
walked down to the pond with a loaf of stale bread and we cast it upon the
water. Literally.
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The bream (called blue gill around these parts) came to feed on it and eventually a
half-dozen turtles joined in the fray.
No metaphor here. Just good fun
for Opa and the kid.
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