"The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: "I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin." So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the
traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on."
Moral: Kindness effects more than severity.
I was thinking the other day about Aesop's Fable, The Wind and the Sun. I think most of the time I approach life like the North Wind, when really I just want to be the Sun. I have friends who are like the Sun and when I'm with them, before I've even realized what's happened, I'm taking off my cloak. I want to approach my life and those around me in the same way. With warmth and love I want to cause others to take off their cloak.
Here's to being the Sun... or trying to be anyway.
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