Don't Say "Look at the Neighbor's Son...": Saadi's 700-Year-Old Tale of a Prince
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"Look, the neighbor's son came top of his class. Why can't you?" How many times have you heard that sentence, and how many times have you perhaps said it without noticing? Tonight we listen to a story from the Gulistan (The Rose Garden) by Saadi of Shiraz, written seven hundred years ago: the story of a short prince whom his father looked down on beside his tall elder brothers. When the day of battle came, who stood his ground?📖 Sources:• Saadi of Shiraz, Gulistan (The Rose Garden), Chapter 1 (On the Manners of Kings), Story 3: the short prince.• Yunus Emre: "The heart is God's throne, the heart is God's fortune; wretched in both worlds is whoever breaks a heart."💬 Who were you compared with most as a child? This week, find a beauty in your child that no one else has, tell them, and share in the comments how they reacted.ℹ️ The voice is an AI voice. The narrator's memories are part of the storytelling.May God keep you, my child...
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