Monday, April 9, 2018

Once upon a time . . .

I read a line the other day about practicing humility.  It was something like, "The doctor may be the smartest man in the village, but he's not as smart as a doctor and a peasant together."

Hmmm?  So, here's the story that's running through my head:

Once upon a time, there was a village of farm peasants. 
The village had one doctor who knew he was the smartest man in the village and never missed an opportunity to let everyone he met know that he was, in fact, the smartest man in the village. 
One day (because every "Once upon a time . . . " story needs a "One day . . .") the peasants, who had always paid for the doctor's services with the food that they had grown and harvested, got fed up and decided to stop going to the doctor. 

The peasants took great satisfaction in watching the doctor, who did not know how to grow anything of substance, wither away.  The doctor, who was too proud to beg for food, eventually starved to death.

There was a tremendous celebration in the village as they celebrated the death of this most arrogant man.  

Then one day, a villager became very ill.  And . . .

Carpe diem Life,
David Kuhn

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