My mentor, Frederick Tucker’s favourite anecdote was
of a traveller who had wandered off his route. He had no clue as to where he had
reached and how to get back to his original road. After going around in
circles, he looked around to ask for help.
Upon sighting an old man, he confided, ‘I have gone
astray. Please help me find my way.’ The old man queried, ‘do you know where
you have come from?’ On receiving a reply in the affirmative, the elderly
person prodded on, ‘Do you know where you want to go?’ The traveller nodded
again.
The wise man calmly uttered a great truth, ‘if you
know where you have come from and where you want to go, then you are not astray.
You just need the connection to your way!’
Whenever astray, we
can reconnect to our destination by recognizing the co-relation of the present
location and possibilities of a newer and different approach rather than just
trying to get back to the old path. It is pertinent to note that being astray
is an opportunity for discovering new paradigms.
Never mind the turns in the maze... you will never
be astray
If
you know where you come from and where leads your way!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
Goa, India.
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