A weasel in the house

Have you ever read Aesop's fable about the farmer going out to check on his hens and emotionally yelling when he found a weasel there. The weasel exclaimed, “I wasn't doing anything wrong, just walking by.” The farmer gets yelled at by his wife for riling the dog who woke the baby. And on the story goes, never resting blame on the original source; the weasel who was intending harm yet walked away with no punishment.

Isn't that often the case in life. Someone causes a ruckus and stirs doubt, guilt, shame and blame around someone else like the dust they leave as they scamper away.

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