Aesop's Fables

Either in kindergarten or first grade, I read Aesop's fables as a way of learning how to read. It doesn't seem that the kids I work with receive the same education, which seems like such a shame. My favorite one is the one about the sun and the cloud. Both see a boy wearing a coat, and they make a bet on who would make the boy remove his coat. The cloud starts first, and he creates wind gusts to try to blow the coat off the boy, but the boy only clutches it tighter. Then, the sun starts warming up the weather, and the boy takes his coat off. Moral of the story: Warmth is disarming.

So, I was reading my last two entries... from January. So long ago, and I sounded like I had something to prove. Now, it's August, and I don't think I've kept up with even one of my new year's resolutions. Not only that, I am still procrastinating with my grad school obligations. Moral of the story: the lazy grasshopper who plays all summer will starve come winter.