Replying to LO30575 --
Dear Organlearners,
Leo Minnigh <minnigh@dds.nl> wrote:
>I have seen in Brazil another fruit which is an intriguing fruit and
>which I have appreciated more than the mango. It is the cashew
>fruit. I have asked Rick for a link to an illustration of it. What is
>so surprising of this fruit?
>
>Its īproudnessī is visible for everybody, the most precious part
>of this fruit is not hidden but exposed and vulnerable.
>
>The fruit itself is pure, juicy, tasty without any obstacle. Is this the
>ideal model for person who not be the trigger for conflicts?
Greetings dear Leo,
I have also seen and eaten this fruit in the deep Amazon on one of those
farms created by destroying the forest. It is not indigenous there. I have
seldom eaten a fruit more tasty. It also makes a delicious juice.
Your model/metaphor made me think. A person with self-centered pride
cannot let other share in what that person is so proud about. On the
other hand, a humble person shares freely something most valuable with
others, gaining their admiration without any attempt at it. The cashew
trees which i saw were about three meters high with nothing impressive
about them, except for their fruit hanging like lanterns on the twigs.
Even more tale telling, is that the fruity part can be immediately eaten,
but the nutty part at front requires considerable preparation before it
can be eaten. This also how it is with learning.
Thank you for this "delicious" model ;-)
Leo, just to complete the picture, with what kind of fruit will you
associate a person with self-centered pride? I would propose a Brazil nut
tree, but will describe my reasons only when some fellow learner wants it.
With care and best wishes
--At de Lange <amdelange@postino.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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