Thoughts for the day (2): Aesop's Two Bags & Two Pots

The Two Bags
"Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck-- a small bag in front full of his neighbours' faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that men are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings." (Aesop, translated by George Fyler Townsend, 1814-1900) The Two Pots "A RIVER carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, 'Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you." Moral: Equals make the best friends.