An
Inspirational Story
A peasant with a troubled conscience went to a monk for
advice. He said he had circulated a vile story about a friend, only to
find that the story was not true.
"If you would make peace with your conscience," said the
monk, "you must first fill a bag with goose downs, go to every door in the
village, and drop in each one of them a feather."
The peasant did as he was told. Then he came back to the
monk and said he had done penance for his folly.
"Not yet," replied the monk. "Take a bag, go
two rounds again, and gather up every down that you have dropped."
"But the wind must have blown them all away," said the
peasant.
"Yes, my son" said the monk. "And so it is
with your vile words. Words and goose downs are quickly dropped, but try
as hard as you will, you can never get them back."
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