06/01/2021
Found it Worth sharing....
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๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โฆ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
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๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
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Well ! No one has ever bothered to ask the Hare his side of the story, so let me tell you the story from a different point of viewโฆ
I met the Hare and sat down with him for a heart to heart talk.
This is what he had to say after we spent the better part of a balmy summer afternoon getting to know one other.
It was a wonderful experience, believe me..
โYes, I am the hare who lost.
No, I did not get lazy or complacent.
Let me explain.
I was hopping over the meadows near the hills and looked back to realize that the tortoise was nowhere to be seen.
Assured of my healthy lead, I decided to take a short nap under the large banyan tree near the pond.
The anticipation of the race had kept me up all night.
For days, that old silly tortoise had boasted about his ability to plod for hundreds of miles without stopping.
Life is a marathon, he said, not a sprint.I wanted to show him that I could run both far and fast.
The shade of the tree was like an umbrella.
I found an almost oval rock, covered it with grass, and turned it into a makeshift pillow.
I could hear the leaves rustling and the bees buzzing โ it felt they were collaborating and even conspiring to put me to sleep.
And it didnโt take them long to succeed.
I saw myself drifting on a log in a beautiful stream of water.
As I came near the shore, I found an old man, with a flowing beard, sitting on a rock in a meditative pose. He opened his eyes, gave me an all-knowing smile, and asked:
โWho are you?โ
โI am a hare. I am running a race.โ
โWhy?โ
โTo prove to all the creatures in the jungle that I am the fastest.โ
โWhy do you want to prove that you are the fastest?โ
โSo that I get a medal which will give me status which will give me money which will get me foodโฆโ
โThere is already so much food around.โ He pointed to the forest in the distance. โLook at all those trees laden with fruits and nuts, all those leafy branchesโ
โI also want respect. I want to be remembered as the fastest hare who ever lived.โ
โDo you know the name of the fastest deer or the largest elephant or the strongest lion who lived a thousand years before you?โ
โNo.โ
โToday you have been challenged by a tortoise.
Tomorrow, it will be a snake.
Then it will be a zebra.
Will you keep racing all your life to prove that you are the fastest?โ
โHmm. I didnโt think about it.
I donโt want to race all my life.โ
โWhat do you want to do?โ
โI want to sleep under a banyan tree on a makeshift pillow while the leaves rustle and the bees buzz.
I want to hop over the meadows near the hills and swim in the pond.โ
โYou can do all these things this very moment.
Forget the race.
You are here today but you will be gone tomorrow.โ
I woke up from my sleep.
The ducks in the pond looked happy.
I jumped into the pond, startling them for a moment.
They looked at me quizzically.
โWerenโt you supposed to be racing with the tortoise today?โ
โItโs pointless.
An exercise in futility.
All I want is to be here.
Hopefully, someday, someone will tell the world my story ,
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ !!
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Live life to the fullest
Today, tomorrow and always
