Another take on empowering a person to fish instead of handing him a fish, Eckhart Tolle in "The Power of Now" narrates:
"Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap.
"I have nothing to give you," said the stranger, then asked "What's that you are sitting on?"
"Nothing, just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember," replied the beggar.
"Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger.
"No, what's the point. There's nothing in there," said the beggar.
"Have a look inside," insisted the stranger...
With astonishment, disbelief and elation, he saw that the box was filled wth gold.
Mediation opens the minds and hearts of disputants they have long been ignoring to solve their conflicts.
"Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap.
"I have nothing to give you," said the stranger, then asked "What's that you are sitting on?"
"Nothing, just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember," replied the beggar.
"Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger.
"No, what's the point. There's nothing in there," said the beggar.
"Have a look inside," insisted the stranger...
With astonishment, disbelief and elation, he saw that the box was filled wth gold.
Mediation opens the minds and hearts of disputants they have long been ignoring to solve their conflicts.
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