Master: “There are people of the fog and there are people of the sun.”

Student: “I’m still not sure which kind I am.”

Master: “Fog will do that to you.”

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Fog people don’t know which way is best, so they wait until they can “be sure” before setting forth … Sun people don’t know which way is best, yet still they act. Even though they cannot see the other side of the bridge, Sun people walk across it, steadily & surely, step-by-step.

Even though Sun people cannot be sure that their acts of Kindness will be received or ever “do any good”, they choose to be Kind anyway.

Each and every one of us is both a “fog person” and a “Sun person”, and each & every one of us gets to choose which of the two we will be …

Yes, it is reasonable to be afraid when faced with the unknown. Yes, it is reasonable to want “the best” for you & yours. And yes, it is reasonable to only be nice to those people we like or those who will receive our gifts joyfully …

And yet, LIFE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT IS MERELY REASONABLE.

Choosing to live in the fog of fear (with “carefulness”, “safety” & “prudence”) is fine, of course …

And yet we’ve only got this one life to LIVE — we’ve only got this one chance to cross that bridge.

So why not take a step today?

Why not choose the Sun?

Filed under: Wisdoms from the Journey by Scaughdt