https://jochum.dev/en/tags/gentleness/ Recent content in Gentleness on jochum.dev https://jochum.dev/images/20260503-me.jpg https://jochum.dev/images/20260503-me.jpg Hugo en Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://jochum.dev/en/society/20261027-the-curmudgeon-who-did-not-want-to-be-one/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://jochum.dev/en/society/20261027-the-curmudgeon-who-did-not-want-to-be-one/ <p>Once upon a time there was a man whom the people in the village gave a wide berth.</p> <p>They called him the curmudgeon. When children ran past his garden fence, they grew quiet, and when someone greeted him on the street, at most a terse grumble came back. His gaze always looked first for what was crooked, what was noisy, or what might break.</p> <p>What nobody in the village knew: the man did not want to be like that at all.</p>