One day four boys approached Hodja and gave him a bagful of walnuts. “Hodja, we can’t divide these walnuts among us evenly. So would you help us, please?”
Hodja asked, “Do you want God’s way of distribution or mortal’s way?”
“God’s way” the children answered. Hodja opened the bag and gave two handfuls of walnuts to one child, one handful to the other, only two walnuts to the third child and none to the fourth.
“What kind of distribution is this?” the children asked baffled.
“Well, this is God’s way,” he answered. “He gives some people a lot, some people a little, and nothing to others. If you had asked for mortal’s way I would have given the same amount to everybody.”