{"id": "card_n_f1c2cf8a54d5", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Worry what if", "body": "A woman lay awake and ran every path her child might walk for a thousand miles. By morning she had aged a year, and the child had walked one mile, and the road had been gentle. She kissed him goodbye and was tired.\n\nAsk yourself: Has the worry added one hour to anyone's life?\n\nGOD — wait. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? (Mt 6:27). The worry is a tax on a day that has not arrived.\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_mt_6_27", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "time_sequence", "conservation_balance", "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": "e7ec133b26a113caf2433126b8baa87133d646c458ffbf3b514bceaa7bdd815c"}