Buddha Kaloz

The Perspective had a disagreement with a co-worker last week. We each had a different perspective on the matter. Rather than prolong the argument by trying to make each other understand our views, the Perspective told him a fable about a blind man and a lion:

A blind man wanted to experience Africa, so he booked passage, contracted a guide, and went on safari on the Serengeti. During the night, the man awoke when nature called. He wandered out of the camp to find a place to relieve his bladder. On his way he tripped and fell. Reaching back to investigate, he found a stick, one with good flexion, with a ball of fur at the end. He concluded that he had found a duster. The lion, not amused that someone was playing with his tail, killed and ate the blind man. He died never knowing that he was wrong.

My co-worker chuckled and wandered off, no longer upset, but still completely clueless. Sometimes the right path is making someone smile rather that making them upset.