one day, the wind pompously bragged to the sun how powerful he was. he could blow away buildings, uproot trees, and cause havoc. the sun, listening to the wind brag, decided to step into the conversation and asked the sun what is so powerful about brute force?

the wind continued to brag about how powerful he was and challenged anyone to prove that someone else could be more powerful than he. the sun came over to the wind and challenged him.

“see that man down there, wind?” asked the sun.

“yes, indeed, i do,” replied the wind.

“let’s see which of us can get his jacket off,” challenged the sun.

“it’s a deal.”

the wind came up and drew his most powerful breath of air and blew and blew at the man, trying to shrug the jacket off of him. with every breath, the man held tighter and tighter to his jacket. eventually, the wind gave up and declared that it was impossible to get that man’s jacket off.

the sun nodded and then said he would try.

the sun then beamed with all the glory of his warmth down upon the earth to the man. the rays of sunshine warmed the man and he was compelled to take his jacket off because it was so hot.

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moral of the lesson:

sometimes the answer isn’t about brute force. sometimes there is a more elegant solution that’s easier to come by and much less painful.

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