Monday, May 01, 2006

Parable of the 3 Talents



There once was an English Teacher in Japan named Amberlyn. She had 3 students by the names of Kasumi, Briar, and Coco. Each student had their own talent. Kasumi was in High School and could play Japanese Archery (which is the coolest by the way), Briar was five and could do Ballet, and Coco was 6 and could play the piano. Each worked hard at increasing their talents. Kasumi practiced hours with a bow that was 2 times as big as she was. She perfected the stance to shoot (legs a little more than shoulder width apart. It looks like they are going to do the splits) and the bow before the match begins. The ceremony and pomp that goes with this kind of tournament was amazing and very difficult to perfect. Briar practiced hours learning how to hop and do whatever the ballet terms are and playing the tamberine as well. Coco as well practiced hard and got her 4 songs down including Old McDonald and Oh When the Saints, which she played with her parents. As time wore on, all 3 students invited their sensai, Amberlyn, to watch them perform and judge who was the best. As Amberlyn attended these various events she concluded that all 3 had great talent and that they could not be compared to one another. Thus we see that we each are given our own gifts and must work to perfect them as best as we can, not comparing ourselves to anyone else. Sorry I don't have a picture of Coco playing the piano. She looked way cute. The picture of the archery does not have Kasumi in it, but I thought it was cool anyway.

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