A Quaker had this sign put up on a vacant piece of land next to his home: THIS LAND WILL BE GIVEN TO ANYONE WHO IS TRULY SATISFIED.
A wealthy farmer who was riding by stopped to read the sign and said to himself, “Since our friend, the Quaker, is so ready to part with this plot, I might as well claim it before someone else does. I am a rich man and have all I need, so I certainly qualify.”
With that he went up to the door and explained what he was there for.
“And are you truly satisfied?” the Quaker asked.
“I am indeed, for I have everything I need.”
“Friend,” said the Quaker, “if you are truly satisfied, what do you want the land for?”
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members of these movements (“the Friends”) are generally united by a belief in each human’s ability to experience the light within or “answering that of God in every one”.