Right from childhood, I have been listening to Hare-Tortoise’s story, and telling focus is essential. But somehow, this story didn’t appeal to me! Instead, it appeared to be the most misdirecting story I had ever heard. This is imparting wrong morale in kids. This no way speaks about focus; instead, it talks about irrational comparison, which imparts a wrong thought seed in kids’ minds!
You are comparing two creatures living in various conditions, so we can’t compare both to derive some story for our benefit. When I remember this story, I recall an Albert Einstein statement-” Everyone is a genius. But if you compare a fish by its ability to climb a tree like some other animal can climb. It will live its whole life as incapable.”
Hares don’t have defensive strength like tigers or tortoises. They are hunted easily. So nature allowed Hares to observe and quickly respond to ensure the surroundings are safe, and then it moves fast. Till then, it observes. Hares can jump to good heights and distances, a little over 3 feet high and 10 feet long! It has keen observational skills as it doesn’t possess a natural layer of protection like the tortoise. It must depend on its observational skills and assess its surroundings’ safety! This is the key.
Instead of understanding this, comparing two living beings living in different conditions are trained differently by life, and they have different skill sets for survival. So, the comparison has no meaning here. This is a problem with our education system and, in fact, society. They compare two different sets of talents and try to drag one down. This creation is not a factory creating the same products; instead, it creates a diverse set of skills for each species.
From schooling, I have seen many brilliant people whose uniqueness is suppressed. They probably would have evolved into change makers. The biggest problem is that we want to change and be unique, but we don’t. Our uniqueness is guided by society or some movie stars. We see society producing citizens as only factory outputs, not humans. We are a unique part of this creation, so do we need intelligence to realize it? All we need is common sense. People aim to think big and intelligently, but that is what we need; it’s common sense.. Competition is the foolish and insane word in this world. People are making money by creating an illusion of this word.. let’s stop blinding ourselves…
Every creation is unique, but people don’t realize this and often compare blindly with others, feeling insecure and depressed. Insecurity is the biggest threat the present world is facing, irrespective of age.
Finally, I would like to conclude with Albert Einstein’s statement-
” Everyone is a genius. But if you compare a fish by its ability to climb a tree like some other animal can climb. It will live its whole life as incapable.”
