The Tortoise and the hare

We all know the story of the tortoise and the hair and the lessons to be learned for life, lessons that tell us that we need to slow down and not rush into things such as decisions and more importantly our desires that are often fuelled by our ego. No matter what we do in life, we never seem to learn patience and as one of my students said recently “I know that I need to learn patience but I just wish I could find a way to speed up the lessons.” which of course meant that you learn nothing at all and what you think you have learned has been fuelled by egotistical desires. In everything that we do in life, we rush in where angels fear to tread and perhaps that statement is a truth of life and a reality of materialism.

If we only could take one step back and listen to our hearts rather than our head, we would go through life with less problems and our journey would be rather less troublesome. But unfortunately we never seem to be happy with what we have or what we do. In the great scheme of things we are always on a path to find enlightenment yet that enlightenment never comes until it is our time to pass. We are governed by deadlines, politics and the general rush to have success and material wealth. At what cost are we willing to give in order to achieve what we want, but you must ask yourself, is it really what you want or what someone else dictates you should want. Many go around oblivious to the beauty in the world and fail to see the wood for the trees. Perhaps that is why you should ask yourself, are you truly happy? Which is what another student said to me, what is happiness? Like the tortoise, we will get there and conserving our energy will give us the enlightenment that we seek for who was more enlightened – the tortoise or the hare. Don’t rush to achieve what you think you deserve for no one deserves more than what the universe is willing to give.