A farmer was taking three of his donkeys for sale to
the market. On the way he saw a river and decided to have a dip. Since he had
only two ropes to tie the donkeys to a tree, he looked around wondering how to
tie the third one.
He saw a sage and sought his help if he could give him
a rope to tie the third donkey. The sage did not have a rope but had a
suggestion. He told the farmer, “let the third donkey see you tying the other
two donkeys to a tree. Then you pretend to tie the third one too”. The farmer did
as he was told and went for a dip in the river.
After coming back, he thanked the sage and saw that
the donkeys stood at the same spot where he had left them. He untied the two
donkeys and patted the third one to start moving. After going a little ahead,
to his surprise, he saw that the third donkey stood still at the same spot.
Cajoling, kicking or talking did not help, the donkey just refused to move from
the spot.
The farmer went back to sage, who told him, “untie the
third donkey”.
"But”, protested the farmer, “I have not tied
him”.
The sage asked, “You know it. But does the donkey know
that?”
Sure enough the farmer went back and went through the
motions of untying the donkey. The donkey moved immediately as though released
and walked over to join the other two donkeys.
We are tied up by too many imaginary ropes which are non-existent.
The only truth is that there are no boundaries in real life and anyone
can stretch to any extent.
~ Author Unknown
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“Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront
your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.”
~ Dr Roopleen
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