A nut found itself carried by a crow to the top of a tall campanile, and by falling into a crevice succeeded in escaping its dread fate. It then besought the wall to shelter it, by appealing to it by the grace of God, and praising its height, and the beauty and noble tone of its bells.
"Alas" it went on , "as I have not been able to drop beneath the green branches of my old Father and to lie in the fallow earth covered by his fallen leaves, do you, at least, not abandon me. When I found myself in the beak of the cruel crow I made a vow, that if escaped I would end my life in a little hole."
At these words, the wall, moved with compassion, was content to shelter the nut in the spot where it had fallen. Within a short time, the nut burst open; its roots reached in between the crevices of the stones and began to push them apart; its shoots pressed up toward the sky.
They soon rose above the building, and as the twisted roots grew thicker they began to thrust the walls apart and fore the ancient stones from their old places. The the wall, too late and in vain, bewailed the cause of its destruction, and in short time it fell in ruin.
--------------------xx--------------------
There are people in our world who have suffered by the circumstances beyond their control and deserve all the help and sympathy we can give them.
Then, there are others who are not born to misfortune, but who draw it upon themselves by their destructive actions and behaviors. It would be a great thing if we could raise them up, change their patterns, but more often than not it is their actions that end up getting inside and changing us.
The reason is simple - humans are extremely susceptible to emotions.
The risk of associating with such kind of people is that you will waste valuable time and energy trying to free yourself. The danger is that these type of people often present themselves as victims, making it difficult, at first, to see their miseries as self- inflicted.
These kind of people can be recognised by the misfortune they draw on themselves, their turbulent past, their long line of broken relationships and their character, which sweeps you up and makes you lose your reason.
Their is only one solution to this problem: AVOID THEM.
Do not take pity. Do not enmesh yourself in trying to help. Flee the infector's presence or suffer the consequence.
"Alas" it went on , "as I have not been able to drop beneath the green branches of my old Father and to lie in the fallow earth covered by his fallen leaves, do you, at least, not abandon me. When I found myself in the beak of the cruel crow I made a vow, that if escaped I would end my life in a little hole."
At these words, the wall, moved with compassion, was content to shelter the nut in the spot where it had fallen. Within a short time, the nut burst open; its roots reached in between the crevices of the stones and began to push them apart; its shoots pressed up toward the sky.
They soon rose above the building, and as the twisted roots grew thicker they began to thrust the walls apart and fore the ancient stones from their old places. The the wall, too late and in vain, bewailed the cause of its destruction, and in short time it fell in ruin.
--------------------xx--------------------
There are people in our world who have suffered by the circumstances beyond their control and deserve all the help and sympathy we can give them.
Then, there are others who are not born to misfortune, but who draw it upon themselves by their destructive actions and behaviors. It would be a great thing if we could raise them up, change their patterns, but more often than not it is their actions that end up getting inside and changing us.
The reason is simple - humans are extremely susceptible to emotions.
The risk of associating with such kind of people is that you will waste valuable time and energy trying to free yourself. The danger is that these type of people often present themselves as victims, making it difficult, at first, to see their miseries as self- inflicted.
These kind of people can be recognised by the misfortune they draw on themselves, their turbulent past, their long line of broken relationships and their character, which sweeps you up and makes you lose your reason.
Their is only one solution to this problem: AVOID THEM.
Do not take pity. Do not enmesh yourself in trying to help. Flee the infector's presence or suffer the consequence.
