60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday: Walnuts & Watermelons

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Hello to you listening in Schaumburg, Illinois ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga. One summer afternoon Nasruddin was relaxing under a massive walnut tree. He looks up at the tiny walnuts hanging above him and then to a nearby garden patch of ripe watermelons growing on small vines. Nasruddin looks up to the sky and says, “ Lord, your creation is wonderful, but sometimes illogical. Why would you hang tiny nuts on a giant tree, and huge melons on a thin, frail vine ?" Just then, a walnut falls from the branches and hits him squarely on the head. Nasruddin says, “ Forgive my desire to be right. If you had hung watermelons on this tree, I would be dead !" Maybe like me you’ve had practice with being a know-it-all, all the time. Let’s face it: the need to be right is exhausting! So, why do we cling to being right? Culture, schooling, religion, family, and community all play a part in teaching us that being right is all about being perfect and perfect is desirable. But what has perfect ever done for you?