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"I wasn't in the race with the tortoise," said the rabbit.

  • Writer: abhi kathiriya
    abhi kathiriya
  • Nov 3, 2020
  • 4 min read

Updated: Dec 17, 2020

The story of the rabbit-tortoise race, which teaches us that even the weakest competitor can overtake us if we are overconfident, is well known.


The children’s stories that our ancestors gave are taught in the world’s top management universities and the corporate world today. The story of the tortoise rabbit was told about 2600 years ago.


Let us now understand this story from a slightly different perspective. There really shouldn’t be a race between rabbits and turtles. No one can run like a rabbit and no one can run slow like a turtle. However, the race between the two is "very unfair". Suppose the tortoise tells the rabbit that let's compete in such a way that someone throws a heavy stone at you from above and then on my back. Well, who can bear more weight than maybe the rabbit won't even live to see the result?


Nature has given each creature a different trait and habitat for its self-defense. If a limit is given, another strength is also given. Our difficulty begins when we spend our lives not only in acquiring the unique special ability that nature has given to others but also in competing with it, instead of recognizing the unique ability that nature has given us.


God has given us the ability to shine in music. If you get happiness and you can earn a name and a price, you can become a doctor. Become a computer engineer even if you have an innate sense of wild photography or architect. Even if he has the vision to succeed in business, he becomes a government or an employee and then compares himself with other successful people and regrets not being able to be like him or then enters the race.


The story of the rabbit tortoise also teaches that due to the laziness, inactivity, faltering self-confidence and self-willed attitude of many respondents in the society, they are wasting their lives in influencing the small group without providing anything concrete. Turtle-like limiters make life successful by reaching the pinnacle of achievement, progress and contribution peacefully, diligently, quietly.

The tortoise knew that he was going to lose the race against the rabbit, but he entered the race with the excuse that he could bring out his maximum potential, but his mood gave him the victory. The tortoise did not go down to win the race, unlike the rabbit did not go down to lose. The conquest of the tortoise was a tremendously upsetting consequence of the world of forest and the arrangement of nature. The same thing happens in life.


The destiny of rest is not the attainment of effort and the destiny of effort is not the attainment of rest. This is an alternative theory of karma.

When the rabbit loses sight of the tortoise in the eyes of the world and the world blows its whistle, the rabbit says that you heard the victory of the tortoise the way the tortoise said. He needed to reach the final stage of winning the race. I congratulate him on his diligence and self-confidence but you listen to what I have to say.

"Yes, I was proud of my ability to run fast," said the rabbit. I was victorious and I challenged whatever came my way. Winning against him bursts with pride. At last, there was no one left so I told the turtle to come in the race against me. Thus our race was arranged. I also admit that if the tortoise walks ten steps, I will make eight or ten jumps to reach the race-winning destination. With such pride in mind, he reached the middle and sat on a green field near a lake with a lot of charm.

The tortoise arrived first so you made up a story that I was having fun.


Seeing my restless and restless condition, a saint sitting on the shore of the lake meditated and asked me, "Why do you stay in stress tell me that I can help you?" Told him about my competitive instincts and the nature of the joy of winning. The saint taught me that you would just spend your whole life in this way in the race and for the excitement of victory? When will you experience the joy of rolling on this greenfield and the paradise-like view? Do you remember this lake, the music of this spring, this fragrant wind, the chirping of these birds, the stars twinkling in the night sky, sunrise, and sunset?

Assume that even if you win the race, you will lose in life. When life comes to an end, you will regret that I lived like a machine, just a running toy.

Enjoy the many colors of life and at the same time move forward fulfilling your responsibilities.


Just then all of a sudden I realized knowledge. I got a new vision. The forest has now become a heavenly paradise for me. I decided to withdraw from the race at that very moment. From now on, the tendency to be chaotic, to show off, to be a winner has become zero.


I saw the turtle moving in front of my eyes but I let it run. I could have said brother I am no longer in the race but there I got the idea that I have nothing to say. What difference does it make to me if he becomes a jungle hero by celebrating victory.


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Kathiriya Aryan
Kathiriya Aryan
Nov 04, 2020

Good bro......

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