The Hare would often brag to the other
animals about his amazing speed. One day
he made a challenge to any of the animals to race him. Imagine the surprise of all the other animals
when the Tortoise spoke up that he would accept the challenge!
On the occasion of the race the Hare sped
off down the road and saw the slow and steady Tortoise far behind him. He gloated and teased the Tortoise yelling
behind him: “How do you expect to win
the race when you are walking along at your slow, s-l-o-w pace?”
The Hare, now feeling very confident of himself,
stretched out alongside the road and fell asleep. He no doubt thought there was no need for any
hurry, there was plenty of time to relax.
The Tortoise however kept walking, slowly and steadily he kept
walking. He never, ever stopped until he
came to the finish line.
The other animals were cheering so loudly
for the Tortoise; they woke up the sleeping Hare. He now stretched and yawned and began to run
as fast as he could, but it was too late.
The Tortoise had already crossed the finish line.
The Hare then expressed the moral of the
story: “Don’t brag about your lightning
pace, for Slow and Steady won the race!”
We may feel that we have the abilities
needed to succeed within a certain task.
A task such as that one presently upon us to bring an end to the current
Coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps we are the
one to find the cure and get mankind back on the road to “normalcy.” But in our haste would we be creating a worse
situation than the one we were trying to bring to an end? Perhaps
it would in our better interests to take a slow and steady approach and try to
view further into the future than merely peering upon the present days.
Remember: The swift do not always win the race! And neither do they always find the proper
solution to a problem!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHTFUL GEM
"Why do you never have time to do something right,
but you have time to do it over?"
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