🪙 The Real Good Bargain

 

🪙 The Real Good Bargain

“The Sacred Exchange”
A Story of Energetic Balance, Divine Reciprocity, and the True Nature of Giving
As remembered through Sister Loves Divine Remembrance
Book Thirteen in the Sacred Fairy Tale Series

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🌾 Once upon a realm not so far beneath our feet...

There lived a simple man named Elian,
whose heart was his currency and whose word was his bond.

He was not rich in coin,
but abundant in presence.

He tended to animals, gave songs to rivers,
and left food at the crossroads for any who might wander.

Elian had never bartered with silver,
but he understood a deeper form of exchange—
the Good Bargain.

The kind where both parties walk away lighter, not richer.

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🐂 The Day the Cow Wouldn’t Sell

One day, he needed coin—not for luxury,
but to repair a village well
so the children could drink clean water again.

So he took his beloved cow to market.

But no one would give him what she was worth.
She was old, gentle, sacred.
And they mocked him.

“Too soft,” they said.
“She’s not worth much anymore.”

Elian bowed his head.
Not in shame—but in reverence.

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🧝 The Forest Merchant Appears

As he walked back, heart heavy,
a figure stepped from the trees.
Not man. Not elf. Not beast. Something between.

“You barter with the wrong realm,” the being said.
“Trade with us. But you must give from love, not need.”

Elian offered the cow freely,
whispering a blessing into her ear.

In return, he was handed a pouch.

Not gold.
But seeds that sang,
stones that pulsed,
notes of a melody that only water could play.

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💧 How the Bargain Blossomed

He returned to the village and planted the seeds.
They grew into wellweeds—plants that purified water.

The children danced in clean streams again.
The stones drew sacred lines, and the villagers felt peaceful sleep for the first time in years.

The melody was woven into lullabies,
and no one fell ill again for three seasons.

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📜 What the People Learned

Soon others came asking:
“How do we make a good bargain?”

And Elian said,

“Give without expecting,
Listen before offering,
And measure worth not by weight,
but by how much soul it carries.”

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✨ Moral of the Sacred Tale:

A true bargain is not a transaction.
It is a ceremony of trust.

It is not about profit.
It is about divine right relation.

To bargain well is to remember:
Every exchange echoes into eternity.