thinking out looud

Thinking Out Loud: It’s Time to Slay our Dragons

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Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Cervantes  work, Don Quixote.

“Fortune is arranging matters for us better than we could have shaped our desires ourselves, for look there, friend Sancho Panza, where thirty or more monstrous giants present themselves, all of them whom I mean to engage in battle and slay, and with those spoils we shall begin to make our fortunes . . . What giants,” said Sancho Panza.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

Note: When we set out on our adventure we will have monstrous giants (metaphorically) to slay. Many of those whom we considered friends will not see what we are seeing on our adventure. Their minds are closed as stay behind their emotional barricades. The giants we slay may be our fear, pride, greed, or an unjust cause. If we are to be successful in our adventure, we have to slay our dragons.

Thinking Out Loud – Let Go of Anger & Resentment

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Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Aesop’s Fable, The Farmer and the Fox. Aesop’s Fables is available for free download here.

The Fable

“A Farmer was greatly annoyed by a Fox, which came prowling about

his yard at night and carried off his fowls. So he set a trap for

him and caught him; and in order to be revenged upon him, he tied a

bunch of tow to his tail and set fire to it and let him go. As

ill-luck would have it, however, the Fox made straight for the

fields where the corn was standing ripe and ready for cutting. It

quickly caught fire and was all burnt up, and the Farmer lost all

his harvest.”

Note: Getting even is a strategy that hurts the person seeking revenge as much as it hurts the person on the receiving end of the revenge seeker’s anger. Holding on to past hurts creates a field where resentments fester and often spill over into harmful actions. The field produces an array of harmful emotions and physical problems. Letting go of past hurts and resentments leads to a more peaceful and happy life.

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