The Lawyer’s Well-Being Brief

Will the impatient King learn his lesson or lose it all?

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”- Arthur Ashe

Once upon a time, there was a great king who set out alone to explore his kingdom. The king had set out on his own to get unfiltered information from those in his kingdom. After traveling for many days in the forest, he soon lost his way. He scrambled around and found a hilltop to look out from, but he could not see any people or villages nearby. It was becoming dark. The king saw a light which he followed and it lead him to a hut.

The king knocked on the door to the hut and an elderly woman answered the door. The king being soaked, tired, hungry, and cold, asked the elderly woman if he could stay the night to get warm, and possibly get something to eat. Before the elderly woman could decide whether she was going to let him in or not, the king took one step trying to enter. The elderly woman stopped him and asked, “Why are you so impatient, I have not invited you in!” The elderly woman decided to let him in.

The elderly woman believed the king was a soldier and she got him some water to clean himself up and then gave him something to sit on while she prepared him some food to eat. She brought him a bowl of hot rice and the king immediately tried to eat…