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Walk your own path..!!



There were 5 men who got lost in a vast forest and were trying to find their way out.

The first man said. “I am going to follow my intuition and go to the left.”

The second man said, “I am going to go right, I have a strong feeling that that’s the way out.”

The third man said, “Well, I am going to walk back on the same path that we took to reach here. I think that would be the safest.”

The fourth man said, “I think we are absolutely on the right track already, and so I am going to keep walking straight.”

After the four men took to the left, the right, back and straight respectively, the fifth man said, “well I don’t know what to do, and I think I am just going to climb up this tall tree and get a better view around before I make up my mind.”

From the top of the tree the fifth man could now see what the shortest way to the village was.

Isn’t it facts that when you rise above a situation and see the large picture, your decision seems to be the most sound?

Well yes indeed!

But there’s a slight twist in the story.

The fifth man thought that the others should not have chosen the paths they did and that he was right and they were wrong.

And from one point of view he was right. But from another perspective I am not too sure.

Each man has chosen his own path and gained a different experience.

It’s not just about right or wrong, but gaining of your own experience and finding your own path.

The man who went left, found a long path but at the end well it led him to the town.

The man, who went right, had to fight a pack of wolves but then he learnt how to survive in the forest.

The man who went backwards met another team of hikers and guess what? He made new friends.

The man, who went straight, found a farm and was hosted by the family for a couple of days before leaving for the village.

And of course the man on the tree found the shortest path.

The journey enriched each one of them in their own unique way.

Every decision offers us new experiences which in turn add to our maturity and wisdom, ultimately leading to our own growth.

Isn’t it said that life is like an exam people fail because they try to copy others not realizing that each one has a different question paper a different test
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                                   Moral of the story

Walk your own path while you also learn from the experience of others.



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