The Myth About Losing Hair If You Don't Masturbate
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
(John 8:32)
Parable: The Young Lion and the Falling Mane
In a wide golden savanna lived a young lion named Kato.
Kato had a thick mane just beginning to grow around his neck. He was proud of it, but one day he overheard two monkeys talking in the trees.
"If a lion stops doing certain things," one monkey whispered, "his mane will fall out!"
Kato's ears twitched.
"Really?" said the other monkey.
"Oh yes," the first replied confidently. "Everyone knows that."
Kato spent the rest of the day worried.
He looked at his mane in the river's reflection again and again. Every loose hair he found made his heart race.
"What if they're right?" he thought. "What if I lose my mane?"
That evening he walked to the edge of the savanna where an old lion named Barak rested under an acacia tree.
Barak had the largest mane Kato had ever seen.
"Why do you look so troubled?" the old lion asked.
Kato explained everything he had heard.
Barak listened quietly and then chuckled softly.
"My young friend," he said, "monkeys talk about many things they do not understand."
He leaned down and pointed toward the river.
"Your mane will grow because of how you were created, not because of rumors."
Kato felt the tension leave his shoulders.
The next morning he walked through the savanna with confidence again.
And as the seasons passed, his mane grew thicker and stronger, just as it was meant to.
Moral:
Fear grows from myths, but peace comes from truth.
Fear grows from myths, but peace comes from truth.