What can this Aesop fable teach you? Aesop’s Fables date from the sixth century BC. Aesop was reportedly a Phrygian slave, and met his death when he was thrown over a cliff at Delphi for being ugly and deformed. I was surprised to read that Aesop collected the fables; he didn’t write them. Regardless, his fables contain timeless lessons. Here’s one I particularly like that reminds us of the importance of being flexible.
A mighty oak tree was uprooted by a gale and fell across a stream into some reeds. “How have you reeds, so frail, survived, when I, so strong, have been felled?” asked the oak tree. “You were stubborn and wouldn’t bend,” replied the reeds, “whereas we yield and allow the gale to pass harmlessly by.”
Reflecting on what’s happening now.