One day the North Wind said to the Sun, “I always feel that everyone praises you too much, talking about how powerful and important you are, as if nothing could be done without you. I am not convinced! I want to compete with you to see who is really stronger.
The Sun laughed and said, “Actually, there’s no need to argue about it, it doesn’t matter what people say. But the North Wind insisted on a fight.
It just so happened that a pedestrian was walking in the distance. The North Wind pointed at him and said, “Let’s see who can make this person take off his cloak. Whoever does so will be the better man.
The Sun nodded and agreed.
The north wind thought to himself, “Isn’t it easy? I can make a man unsteady on his feet with a blow of my breath, and the cloak will surely be blown off. So he took a deep breath and blew hard.
The wind whistled, and the pedestrian’s cloak was blown around by the wind. It looked like it was going to be blown away. But the man not only did not take off the cloak, but he also hurriedly held on to it with his hands.
The north wind saw that this did not work and then increased its strength to blow. This time the wind was even stronger and almost blew the man down. But the pedestrian held on even tighter, wrapping his cloak around himself, and did not take a step back.
The north wind became angrier and angrier, blowing several times, one after another, harder and harder. But the result was the same – the pedestrian just wrapped his cloak tighter. Finally, the north wind had no more strength, had to stop, and had to admit defeat.
It was the sun’s turn. It didn’t make a sound or a noise, it just let out its warm light quietly.
The sun shone on the pedestrians, warm, especially pleasant. The wind stopped and the weather became better, so the pedestrians let go and continued walking.
The sun intensified its light a little more, making the temperature rise slowly. Feeling a little hotter, the pedestrian looked up at the sky and said with a smile, “What a beautiful day!
With that, he took off his cloak.
As you can see, the sun didn’t force anything, and it achieved its goal with just warmth. And the north wind, although it used a lot of force, had no effect at all.
This story tells us one thing: if you want people to listen to you, it is not always useful to rely on force; on the contrary, if you are gentle and patient, it is easier for people to accept your words.
