{"id": "card_n_5b1b498f6ae0", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Silence better", "body": "A man in the council never spoke first. When his turn came, he had heard everyone and the matter was clearer. Those who had spoken first had often spoken twice — once to argue, and once to retract. He retracted nothing, because he had said nothing he did not mean.\n\nAsk yourself: What have you said today that you might have heard yourself out of?\n\nRED — be honest about what is yours to add. Silence is sometimes the most honest contribution.\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_prov_17_28", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "information_encoding", "authority_trust", "RED"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "09b775840169e6a6ceef37c9024eab738b2a2b4ef9085ca84bd1c9a5c11c8867"}