Even the stones seek the closeness of the Creator!
Every Jewish child has heard about the dream of Jacob and the ladder. Our sages say that he put twelve stones around his head before going to sleep. The stones quarrelled-each one wanted the tzadik to put his head on him. So G'd united them into one stone. Similarly, 150 years ago in Elesk, Poland, the great Rebbe Henich Ashkenazi started building a synagogue. As customary, after digging the pit of the foundation, the architect wanted the Rebbe to descend to the pit to lay the first stone. He refused, saying it was dangerous. The architect assured him, Rebbe, this is not the first building I am constructing, you have nothing to worry about. But the Rebbe just said he will go first to mikveh, and then come back. By the time he returned, a huge stone had rolled out of the pit wall into the midst of the foundation. If a person would have been there, it would have been dangerous. The Rebbe explained, as thought it were simple, that he had saw that stone praying to G'd to be included in my shul, and I knew that its prayer would be heard, and therefore it would "jump in". And then he went to put the cornerstone, and commanded that the "jumping stone" be made part of the building.