The Restaurant That Served Tongue
IllustrationStory★★★★AMAN went to dinner with a friend of his. He asked his friend to take him to a restaurant with the best possible meat selection. The friend took him to a restaurant that served tongue—all kinds of tongue—fried tongue, baked tongue, salad tongue, and other tongue. When he asked his friend why he brought him to a restaurant that served tongue as his choice for the best meat, his friend replied, “What other meat do you know that can bless you, encourage you, strengthen you, and affirm you?”
This same man went to dinner with this same friend and asked to be taken to a restaurant with the worst meat he could find in hopes of getting a different kind of restaurant. Again, they arrived at a place that served tongue. With a knowing look, his friend said, “Hey! What other meat do you know that can curse you, destroy you, or remove dignity from you?”
The point
A man visits restaurants serving only tongue—first for best meat (tongues bless, encourage, strengthen), then for worst meat (the same tongues curse, destroy, remove dignity). A profound illustration of the tongue's dual power.