Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 10:16 am
Excerpt from Warrior of the Light #212:
“I hope that this has made you calmer,” concluded the devil. “After all, you are not alone in your fears.”
“Please don’t go away until you hear what I have to say,” answered the man. ”We have the incredible capacity to detect pain, remorse, wounds – or terror, as you prefer to call it. But my father once told me the story of an apple-tree that was so laden with apples that its branches could not sing in the wind. Someone passing by asked why it did not try to call attention like all the other trees did. ‘My fruits are my best advertisement,’ answered the apple-tree.
“Of course, I am no different from anyone else, and my heart is filled with many fears. But despite everything, the fruits of my life speak for me, and if some day a tragedy happens, I know that I have not spent my life without taking risks.”
And the devil, disappointed, left him to try to scare other – weaker - people.
side comment: taking risks. hell yeah =)