Hide and seek...

A sweet little parable..
There is an old Hassidic tale attributed to Rabbi Barukh.
It is said that the rabbi's own grandson was once playing
hide-and-seek with a friend.
He took great care in hiding himself and ­
waited for a long time for his friend to come and
find him.
When he finally came out of his secret spot,
he discovered that his friend was nowhere around.
Then he realized that he had not been looking for
him at all. Weeping at his friend's faithlessness,
he ran to his grandfather to complain.

Tears filled Rabbi Barukh's eyes also as he said,
"God says the same thing: 'I hide, but no
one wants to seek Me! '"