The Hare And The Tortoise

Once a hare was roaming near a lake in a forest. Suddenly he saw a tortoise and mocked at him saying – “Hurry up, you slow coach! Don’t you find life very dull taking so long to cover a few yards? I could have run to the other side of the lake by now.”

The tortoise felt teased and dared the hare to a race. The race was to be through the wood to a fixed goal.

The hare agreed laughingly. In a few minutes he was away and out of sight.

“What a funny race it is!” he said to himself , “I am already half -way through. But it is too-too cold; why not have a nap in the warm sunshine?”.

The tortoise walked steadily on and on. In a short time, he passed by the sleeping hare.

The hare slept  far longer then he had intended. When he woke up at last, he looked around in surprise and said to himself,” Not even a sigh of the poor tortoise anywhere so far; I had better trot along and finish the race.”

The hare ran to the goal. He was amazed to see all the animals cheering the tortoise who had arrived just a minute earlier. how ashamed he felt indeed!

MORAL : Slow and steady wins the race.

THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER WAY!

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign, which said, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words. Soon the hat began to get filled. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?” The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way. I wrote, “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”

There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story. The first is: Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. The second is: Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently. THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER WAY!