{"id": "card_n_e9423db7082b", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Competition brother", "body": "Two disciples ran toward the same tomb. One arrived first but waited; the other arrived later and went in. The first did not boast of the running; the second did not boast of the entering. Years later they argued, in their grief, about who would die first. The Lord said to one: 'What is that to thee? Follow thou me.'\n\nAsk yourself: What is the other's path to you, when yours has been set?\n\nRED — be honest about your race. The other's pace is not your business; your following is.\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_jn_21_22", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "authority_trust", "reasoning", "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": "1d5a963f7f4f0435b2b98c53b9ddd6e8ef902a7382062a97b603eeb29e189443"}