We all grew up with grandmothers and mothers telling us folk tales. My mother told me a lot of those folk tales when I was young.
At a time, it seemed to me that she had a story for every occasion; each with its own moral. Some did not make a lot of sense to me at first but as I grew older, I began to draw some wisdom from them, especially the ones she repeated quite often. One of them applies to the theme of my article today. Here goes….






