Reflection

In a thick forest, a narrow road snaked its way to the nearby town. Few people used it, so it was with surprise that the local thief found a man lying beneath a tree, probably asleep.

“Ah, here’s a man who obviously climbed too many walls, trying to rob the townsfolk!” he exclaimed.

A drunk passed that way sometime later and bawled, “Had too much to drink, eh? No doubt!” And he, too, moved on.

Then, a holy man walked that way, bowing respectfully at the sleeping figure, saying, “Here’s a man who is truly spiritual if I ever saw one!”

The sleeping man may have been none of the above, but what people say about others reflects more about themselves!