Theme: Don’t chase unachievable targets. Know this:
(1) There are people who believe that, only when you target the moon, you will touch the sky. It is okay as long as successes, however small, encourage you and failed goals do not trouble you.
(2) A uniform and step by step growth may be sustainable and easier to accomplish than to achieve in one giant leap.
(3) Our goals shall not be guided by desires alone. They should be supported by our strength. We should know both our strengths and weaknesses. While you leverage on your strength, work on your weakness to match the efforts needed to reach your targets.
Theme 8: Forget anything that is beyond your reach.
Short Story 8:
The Sour Grapes
There is a loud and clear message in this story. When I was young, I was not sure why this story was told. But, in our present times, this story is extremely helpful as a medicine to treat several ills in the society.
A fox was very hungry. It was walking along a grape farm. ‘To quench my hunger, no harm in entering the farm,’ the fox thought. On seeing a big bunch of luscious grapes hanging, its hunger increased.
It jumped trying to pluck the grapes. But, since it could not reach them, it abandoned its efforts and went along its way. Just to satisfy its mind, which was reeling with hunger and thirst, it said that the grapes must be sour.
Without tasting the grapes, why did the fox decide the grapes would not be tasty?1. What it could not achieve, it had spoken insultingly or 2. it is useless to follow something that cannot be achieved by many. How to correct it is to be understood.
There are many who compete for a position in a small space which is highly rewarding. The youngsters spend time in becoming a cricketer, a film actor, a political leader etc. They should understand their strength & weakness in time to change to alternate profession.
Perhaps this story should have been told for such people listed above.