Stories About Missing the Mark: The Whales, Dolphins, and the Herring
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Heart Tales is a monthly newsletter for people on an adventure toward wholeness. It is published by Jim Cyr, storyteller, author, and crisis intervention specialist.
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Introduction
I think it’s fair to say that most people seek to be happy, healthy, secure, and productive in life. If this is our goal, why is that so many of us so often miss the mark and find ourselves unhappy, unhealthy, insecure, or unproductive? How is it that we regularly miss the mark of the kind of life we seek? And how do we correct our aim so we hit the mark of a happy, healthy, secure, and productive life?
Over the next several months I’d like to share with you some stories about missing the mark and hitting the mark. I will send you a story about missing the mark one day and a counterpoint story about hitting the mark the next. My hope is that these stories will improve your aim!
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The Whales, Dolphins, and the Herring
A fable from Aesop
The dolphins and whales waged a fierce war with each other. When the battle was at its height, a herring lifted its head out of the waves and said, “I will reconcile your differences if you accept me as an umpire in your dispute.” One of the dolphins replied, we would rather be destroyed in our battle with each other than admit any interference from you in our affairs.”
Thought to Ponder
What caused the whales and dolphins to miss the mark?
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