Tag: folktales

  • Can Kindness Become Weakness? | The Snake Who Stopped Biting

    Can Kindness Become Weakness? | The Snake Who Stopped Biting

    On the path of becoming a better person, we learn to live in harmony with others.We work on our anger, aggression, and impulses—so that we do not harm those around us. But what happens when our goodness is taken advantage of?When softness is seen as weakness?When kindness becomes an invitation for others to hurt us?…

  • The Stonecutter’s Dream

    The Stonecutter’s Dream

    Do you sometimes look around and notice people who seem to have more power or wealth than you? Do you wonder how life might be better if only you had those advantages? Here is a timeless folktale from Japan — about a stonecutter who once had a similar question, and what he discovered along the…