A haiku to think about

My friend, Nicole, just posted a photograph of a page from one of her favorite childhood books. The page contained a haiku, written by Issa. The poem reads as follows:

If you are tender to them,
The young sparrows
Will poop on you.

Isn't that the truth sometimes?

We must be careful not to be too tender to those undeserving young (or of any age!) sparrows, huh?!