A Tale a Day: The Pigs

 The Pigs

 

"The Pigs" is a very simple, amusing little tale about appreciating the beauty of what's right in front of us instead of dwelling in the past. It's about the changing of the seasons, not just in terms of weather, but the seasons of life. How things change. And how we tend to view the past as being better than the present.

 

"Raven and crow sat on the high bough; and they had a large family, who all said, 'Good, good!' and the majority is always right."

I suppose that dwelling on the past can also lead to a tendency to do things the way "it's always been done", or to be slow to adapt to new ways of thinking, especially if those changes come from the new generations.

"(...) it's always the young who come out with their new-fangled notions."

Regardless of what happens in life, it's the ability to notice the beauty around us, and to dream of better days, that can help us through hard times. Or even just through life in general.

"'There is always someone who has a soul for the beautiful!'"

There is always someone who seems to focus on the negative about everything and often complain about it all the time. And then, there are those who see the beauty in the world, even in the smallest of things. Like Oscar Wilde said: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."