“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher (on courage and persistence)
MAKING INCREMENTAL SPIRITUAL PROGRESS – “Changing the way we live is a lifetime process and is perhaps the most significant amends we can make.” “If we have been inconsiderate, always wrapped up in what we wanted and needed, we now begin to be sensitive to the needs of others.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 63)
Luscious Rain Forest Meditation (9:56)
Confucius Brief Bio (1:44)
In what areas have you noticed you’ve had the courage to make incremental spiritual progress, lately?
The Brave Mice . . . a fable by Aesop
There once was a very old cat who lived in a barn, as cats often do. His job in the barn was to catch all of the mice, and he was very good at it. As you can imagine the mice didn’t really like this and so . . . one day they met together to talk about the great harm that the old cat was doing them. Each one shared a plan that they had by which to keep out of her way.
An old gray mouse who was seen to be very wise by the others spoke up: “Do as I say. Do as I say. Hang a bell to the cat’s neck. Then, when we hear it ring, we shall all know that she is coming and we can scamper out of her way.”
“Good! Good”” said all of the other mice, and one ran to get the bell.
“Now,” said the old gray mouse . . . “which of you will hang this bell around the cat’s neck?”
“Not I! Not I!” came the shouts all-together and the mice scampered away to their holes.
And things continued as they always had done . . . (http://andthenweallhadtea.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-brave-mice-fable-by-aesop.html)
