Listen to the Narration:
Three horses spent the spring together in a pasture: a foal, a young colt and an old stallion. All three loved to eat from a small fig tree in the field, but one day they realized that no more figs were left to snack on.
The foal, who was still learning, blamed the other two horses for the figs being gone.
The colt, who was a bit wiser, blamed only himself for the figs being gone.
But the old stallion, who was the wisest of the three, didn’t blame the others or himself for the figs being gone.
For Parents: What Stoic Quote Does This Story Illustrate?
“An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.”
Epictetus
