From “The
Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst
2 January
The story
is told of the fiddler crossing a stream with his horse and buggy in a sparsely
populated area of colonial America. The buggy got caught in mid-stream, and he
could neither go forward nor go back without assistance. But rather than call
out for help, he wisely chose to play his fiddle. And before long people who
might perhaps have found themselves too busy to help someone in need made their
way to the source of the music. After all, it sounded like a party! The guy
turned an annoyance into a kind of feast.
Is there a
lesson here, or what?
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