Hi there,
Today I am reminded that, "older people always tell you the one thing they know is true." (An Abundance of Katherines) And I, being young and apparently naive looking always seem to be privy to these types of things. So the story that I was told was this:
There was a young priest, an old priest and a donkey travelling to another town. The young priest led the donkey on foot while the old priest was on its back. They passed some people on the road who remarked not too quietly that the priest was giving the younger priest a bad
example. When they had passed the people the priests decided to swap positions. The next group they passed said that the younger priest's lack of
compassion for the older man was disgusting. When they both got on the donkey, the people cried out that it was cruel to make the donkey carry them both. Finally they both got off and the people laughed at them. 'Look at these idiots, walking when they have a donkey.'
Moral is that you can't please everyone at once.
Many people would
dismiss this as cliche and nothing can be cliche in a good way.
They're outdated. Irrelevant. False. Too simple.
This is what
Shay Carl has to say about it and I am 100% behind him. Follow the link to see his wonderful pep talk.
"The secret is that there is no secret."
Ciao!
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