Gentleness Can Accomplish what Force Cannot
Leaf it Alone
What are you struggling with in life at the moment?
What are you trying to force to happen?
What's frustrating you and making you feel discouraged?
Let it Be.
Leaf it Alone.
Pull back from pushing your way through.
When frustrations arise, learn to be gentle with yourself.
Sometimes its better to just let life unfold gently.
The Wind and The Sun
In an old Aesop's Fable, the Wind and Sun are arguing about who is stronger. To settle the argument they decide to see which of them can get a traveler on the road to remove his coat first.
The Wind begins the test by blowing as hard and as forcefully as he can to try to rip the coat from the traveler. But with every gust of wind, the traveler pulls his coat tighter and tighter around him. The Wind, who blew as hard and long as he could, finally gives up exhausted, and the sun takes up the challenge.
The Sun begins, and with very little effort, gently warms the air with it's rays. The traveler soon begins to sweat, and with no thought, unbuttons his coat and simply removes it.
The moral of the story: Gentleness can accomplish what force cannot.
Sometimes we just need to let life unfold gently. Give yourself a break. Stop pushing so hard to achieve your goals and allow life to gently unfold, bringing good things your way. Lay the seeds, then let them germinate and grow.
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