Elderly Advice to Young Man-Be Careful!!

There was a small village on edge of the forest. The forest surrounding the village had many wild animals. That's why it was very important for the people of the village to have knowledge of climbing trees so that they could save their lives by climbing trees when faced with wild animals.

An elderly who used to live in that village. He was an expert in tree climbing and used to train young ones.

One time, the elderly was training a group of youth and it was the last day of their training. For their final test, the elderly took them to a tree that was tall and smooth and very difficult to climb.

The Elderly said to them, "Today is the last day of your training. I want to see if you guys have adept at climbing trees. That's why today I challenge you to climb this tree and if you all succeed in climbing this tree, then you can easily climb any tree in the world."

They stood in line to climb the tree.

When the first young man started climbing tree, he was able to climb it very easily and then started coming down.

While he was getting down halfway, he heard elderly shouting, "Be careful.. get down slowly.. there is no rush.."

The young man did the same and got down slowly and carefully.

After that, all the young men started climbing tree one by one. Every time, any young man used to climb the tree, the elderly would not say anything but when they were halfway down or just about or reach the bottom, he would say, "Take it easy and slow... Be careful. There is no kind of hurry."

Following elderly instruction whole group succeeded in climbing down the tree. Everyone was happy.

After a while, a young man went to the elderly and said, "Baba, you told us to be careful while coming down from the tree... Why not while climbing that tree?

It was most difficult to climb to the topmost branch of that tree yet you didn't tell us to be careful while climbing but while we were coming down from the tree halfway or less than you asked us to be careful. Why so?"

The Elderly said, "Look, it is very difficult to climb the topmost branch of the tree. I know this and you do too. That's why you were already alert without me saying.

This happens to everyone. At the beginning of the work, everyone moves forward with caution. But a lapse in vigilance and caution happens when we are near the destination.

Then we start feeling that our work is about to be completed. The destination is not far away and there our attention wanders and we make mistakes.

So always remember that there is a difference between reaching near the destination and actually reaching the destination."

Flash: It happens many times in our life that even after being on the verge of completing a task, we are not able to complete it. Something goes wrong at the last moment and we are left with regrets.

A little carelessness at the last moment spoils our entire work. This happens because we lose our patience when we reach near the destination. We make mistakes because of losing patience. So keep patience till you reach the destination.

As much patience and care is necessary at the beginning of the work, it is also necessary till the end of the work. So do not lose patience till the work is completed. Be as careful as you were at the beginning.

Moral: The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed. So when you feel like quitting, think about why you started.

"Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit."