talent is a measure of silver
I knew that was possible, but didn't bother checking.
In the version I'd heard, it was a strictly a story about a manager trusting resources to his charges. I figured the lesson to be that money, land, and what not were to be managed with care, as a gift. I took the story a bit literally- as you'd expect a child to.
When you used the version with 'talent', it clicked for me that our skills and abilities were gifts we were intended to use, grow, and add to (multiply).
I don't really relate much to the condemnation thing, as my vision of her is uniquely personal, with far more understanding and compassion than most active religions convey. Rebuke, maybe. Chide, perhaps. Laugh at the folly, yes, for sure.
BTW- there's an IMAX film that shows whales using co-operative hunting. Most of the whales circle underwater blowing bubbles, creating the illusion of a cage for a school of fish while one whale swoops up and eats. They take turns. Pretty cool.. |
