The holy man cast the blanket on which he slept in the way of the thief.

Excerpt

A thief entered the house of a recluse. However much he searched, he found nothing. He turned back sadly and in despair, and was observed by the holy man, who cast the blanket on which he slept in the way of the thief, that he might not be disappointed.

Source Gulistan, Chapter 2, §3 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saadi in the Gulistan, true kindness gives even to the one who comes to take: the hermit offers his own blanket to the thief so that he does not leave disappointed. Today, answer a clumsy act or an inappropriate request with a generous gesture, to lighten a heart, your own or someone else’s.

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