Once upon a time, a young man was looking to grow in his life.
While he was exploring what business to take up, he met a very
well-travelled man who told great tales of his travel and about a
country that had no onions.
country that had no onions.
“No onions!” exclaimed the
young man. He had never heard of such a thing. “How can anyone enjoy the
true pleasure of food without onions?” After careful planning and
research, he bought onions, filled his cart and set his journey towards
that country. After several days he arrived at the palace and requested
to meet the king.
“I bring you a great gift from my
country, the young man proudly announced. The plant is native to my
place but new to yours. It has the unique ability to enhance the flavour
of any food. It will be great if I could offer you this magnificent
plant which you can in turn introduce to your people.”
With some hesitation, the king allowed him to prepare some delicacies using onions.
The
young man stirred up a feast. Everyone was invited to the dinner that
night. After the initial tasting, the feast commenced. Everyone loved
the dishes. The king thanked the young man profusely and paid the onions
with its weight in gold.
Thrilled, the young man
started back his journey where he met a trader. He shared his
magnificence and splendour of the country. The trader during this
discussion learnt that the country did not have garlic. In his mind, he
thought he could replicate the success of the young man by introducing
garlic to that country.
“Garlic is infinitely tastier
and aromatic! If they were giving gold for onions then he could expect
diamonds for garlic,” he thought.
Without any further
thinking, he carried bags of garlic to that country without garlic
hoping to get diamonds. The land overjoyed by the introduction of
onions, were open to the idea of trying garlic. The royal guards took
the man with the new herbs to the king.
The king asked him to prepare a feast using the garlic, which he
did and as expected, the garlic received more praises than onions. The
king and his ministers discussed about the reward for their noble guest
and agreed that gold was not enough for such a delicious food. So, they
decided to reward him with the most precious thing they had to offer.
What can be more precious than gold? Onions!
That night the trader returned home with bags full of onions.
Everyone’s
journey is different: Never make choices in your life based on others’
journey, especially when you don’t know the path they travelled and the
choices they made.
Others’ success or failure does not
confirm yours: Others’ success does not mean your failure. It just means
that the path exists and it is possible, though the journey has to be
your own.
Don’t get bogged down by fear of failure:
Fear of failure is the only guaranteed way of failing to achieve your
dream. There is no better teacher than failure, but if only you are an
attentive student.
Be a creator of your own destiny:
Learn to deal with your battles in your own way. Seek advice where you
need, but do what you think is the best for you, because only you know
what you are, your positives and negatives.
Time is
your friend, impulse your enemy: Instinct is great, not impulse. Great
things happen when you think, plan and execute small, little things
continuously.
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