The Fear Caller
Many years ago I saw an old woman at a market in Mexico tell a story about “the fear caller”. It was very simple as the story talked about a rabbit that goes around to each one of his forest friends asking them to be kind to him because he is so afraid. As the end of the story unfolds and the wolf ends up eating the rabbit the question the old lady asked was this; did the rabbit get eaten by the wolf because he was a rabbit or because he was afraid? She went on to say that the since the rabbit told everyone in the forest that he was afraid he actually called the wolf to his door as there is always a wolf waiting for those who are full of fear.
With this in mind, I have watched two children, one a boy and the other a girl, who are opposite when it comes to how they approach life. They are now both three and one attacks life as it comes while the other hides behind their mother’s coattails and retreats. I see how the one gets along with just about everyone, afraid of nothing and ready for what comes along next while the other would rather stay in their own environment and not be faced with anything new. I wonder as I watch what each of us calls to our lives; fear, happiness, complaining, etc. and if we could change our life once we change our ways.
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