What is main idea from story "a stone by the door"
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Once upon a time, there was a man who made so much money that he could not even count it. He wanted only to protect himself and his beloved son. But alas, all his money could not stave off mortality. The man grew gravely ill, and when he understood that he would die, he called his son to his side.
"I am leaving you a fortune," he told the boy, "and you must guard against those who are untrue. When you decide it is time to marry, go to my oldest friend and ask him to find you a bride. He will find you the bride God has chosen."
The young man promised he would do as his father requested. Soon after this, his father died.
Time passed, and as it did, the young man began to long for love. And when he decided he wished to marry, he fulfilled his promise and visited his father's friend to seek his advice. The friend told him he would find the perfect bride.
A few weeks passed until the friend at last found a beautiful, wise and trustworthy woman. The young man was very happy to hear this, and so they began to make arrangements for a grand wedding.
The day before the wedding, the father's friend said to the young man, "In order to discover whether God has chosen this woman for you, you must go to her room tonight. You will find a stone outside her door. If you can move the stone, you'll know that she is the chosen one. If you fail to move the stone, you must send her back home."
That night, the young man went to the young woman's door, and from inside he heard a voice singing a beautiful song. Right away he knew this must be the woman for him, for the song sounded like one he remembered from his childhood. His heart raced with excitement as he peered through the half-opened door and saw a lovely woman dressed in silk robes. She was elegant and reminded him of his late mother. As he recalled the tenderness he had felt in his mother's arms, he reached down to move the stone.
The stone was not too large, but when he tried to move it from the door, he could not budge it, not even an inch.
He understood that this bride would have to return to her family. He was sad because he was so sure she was the one for him.
And so the father's friend arranged a new match. Once again a wedding date was set, and the second bride came to the house. Once more the father's friend told the young man what he had to do: "There will be a stone outside her door. If you can move it, you will know this is the wife God has chosen for you."
As the young man approached the door, once again he heard the familiar song, but this time it was a harp playing it. When he peered into the room, he saw a woman just as beautiful as the one who came before her. Her fingers danced across the harp strings, and when she began to dance, he knew she had to be the bride for him.
He reached down to move the stone. Once again, he could not move it even an inch. His heart grew heavy with sadness, and again the bride returned to her family.
For a third time, the father's friend arranged a bride, though by now the young man was feeling discouraged. He knew this woman would be beautiful, of course, and naturally she would be wise and kind. Of that he was certain. But what if he could not move the stone again? Must he live forever alone?
Thinking these sad thoughts, he moved slowly toward the bride's room. And for a third time, he heard that song of his childhood, the song that reminded him of all the friends he had ever known, of days playing in sunny fields, of nights dreaming under the stars, of climbing trees and swimming rivers and dancing among friends. How much he had enjoyed those days of childhood. How much he had loved his friends.
And this time when he looked into the room, he saw a woman dressed in peasant clothing, her hair long and dark and soft as silk. Her eyes were alight with playfulness, and she was sewing a beautiful quilt as she sang.
As he listened, the young man realized that all three brides could have been the same woman -- beautiful, wise, enticing and gentle, someone to love and someone who would be a friend.
But when he reached down to move the stone, once again he could not budge it even an inch.
He was about to weep when suddenly he saw a shadow slip through the door, and he heard a gentle voice saying, "Let me help you." The woman reached down, and he reached too, and together they easily moved the stone aside.
The young man knew he had found the bride God intended, and she knew, too, that this was the man God intended her to love.
But they understood something else: Finding a loved one was not enough. They realized that they must always work together to move the stones that blocked the doorways leading to a rich and happy life