The Donkey And The Elephant

Grove City OH

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The donkey told the elephant, "The grass is blue." The elephant replied, "No, the grass is green​." The discussion became heated, so the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the Lord. As they approached the Lord on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true the grass is blue?"​ The Lord replied: "If you believe it is true, then the grass is blue."​ The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The elephant disagrees with me, contradicts me and annoys, and aggravates me. Please punish him." The Lord then declared: ′′The elephant will be punished with 4 years of silence."​ The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ′′The grass is blue, the grass is blue..."​ The elephant asked the Lord, "Your Holiness, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?"​ The Lord replied, ′′You've known and seen the grass is green." The elephant asked, ′′So why do you punish me?"​ The Lord replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to validate something you already knew was true!" The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand. Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t. When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on.