the Pomegranates

There was once a man who had many pomegranate trees in his orchard. And for many an autumn he would put his pomegranates on silvery trays outside of his dwelling, and upon the trays he would place signs upon which he himself had written, “Take one for aught. You are welcome.”

            But people passed by and no one took of the fruit.

            Then the man bethought him, and one autumn he placed no pomegranates on silvery trays outside of his dwelling, but he raised this sign in large lettering: “here we have the best pomegranates in the land, but we sell them for more silver then any other pomegranates.”

            And behold, all the men and women of the neighborhood came rushing to buy.

 

~the Pomegranates in “The wanderer: his parables and his saying” by: Kahlil Gibran

 

 

we value things not by their worth but what they cost.

 

This focus is on the negativity.

 

It is too late to think I have more to say on this but I just spent many hours helping someone with his C++

 

Love to all,

Kit

 

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January 27, 2004

I like that.

January 28, 2004

What a lovely little story.

February 2, 2004

Reminds me of a time that I held a yard sale and sold some things for very cheap just to get rid of them. I was thinking that if I had shop space, things that didn’t sell at the yard sale would probably sell in a shop for a greater price than I listed. People are so strange.

March 3, 2004

You know, for a fruit, pomegranets cause so much trouble, no matter if you’re God or a God of Olympus.