Meekness: May 5
At times one word is sufficient to placate an angry person. Similarly one word is enough to dishearten a soul and cause a bitterness which might prove very harmful.
While traveling, three monks lost their way and had to cross through a field of wheat, crushing quite a bit of it. Upon seeing this, the farmer yelled at them angrily, calling them fake monks. The elder of the three exhorted the other two not to answer him. As soon as they were near he said to the farmer: "You are right, my son, for if we were real monks we would not have done so much damage. But now forgive us, for the love of God, because we acknowledge our mistake." Amazed at such meekness, the farmer fell to his knees before the monks and begged their pardon.
