Where No Wood Is

The Tongue

This proverb names a specific, practical mechanism here, where no wood is, the fire goeth out, worth holding directly as this whole book’s own practical hope, ongoing strife requiring continued fuel, and this fuel, this proverb suggests, often genuinely traceable to a specific, identifiable talebearer.

This is worth examining against however much you have assumed ongoing conflict simply, naturally continues on its own, rather than this proverb’s own claim, requiring this specific, ongoing supply, talebearing, worth considering whether you yourself have sometimes, honestly, functioned as this described fuel source.

Notice the practical solution named directly, no talebearer, strife ceaseth, worth holding as genuinely actionable, not merely hoping conflict eventually, naturally resolves, but this specific, practical step, withholding fuel, actually available to you, regardless of whether others also choose to withhold theirs.

Consider today whether you have been supplying wood to a fire that might otherwise, genuinely go out, and take this proverb’s own practical step today, withholding whatever talebearing fuel you have been supplying, trusting this specific, actionable change as genuinely, practically available to you right now.