{"id": "card_n_8b6256f0ebba", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Decision two roads", "body": "A man stood at the fork of two roads with no map. He sat down to think and a thousand reasons came, half for each road. After many hours he saw he was no closer to choosing. Then he remembered the third option, which was to ask the One who made both roads. He asked, and a small wind moved a branch; he stood, and walked.\n\nAsk yourself: Have you asked, or only thought?\n\nGOD — wait. Wisdom is given to those who ask, not to those who only reason.\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_jas_1_5", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "reasoning", "time_sequence", "GOD"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "275d367cc13727977b934ce81da7cb6a28f5cc405add7144db7025edf3047207"}