THE DONKEY AND THE CAMEL

A donkey and a camel were walking along together.
The camel moved with long strides and the donkey
moved impatiently, stumbling every now and then.
At last the donkey said to his companion, 'How is it
that I am always in trouble, falling and grazing my legs,
in spite of the fact that I look carefully downwards as
I walk; When you, who never seem to be aware of what
surround you, with your eyes fixed upon the horizon,
keep going so fast and yet seemingly at such leisure?'
            The camel answered: 'Your problem is that your
steps are too short and by the time you have seen something
it is too late to correct your movements. You look all around
and do not assess what you see. You think that haste is speed;
you imagine that by looking you can see; You think that seeing
near is the same as seeing far.
                You guess that I look at the horizon. In fact, I am
merely gazing ahead so as to work out what to do when the
far becomes near. I also remember what has gone before,
and do not need to look back at it and stumble once again.
In this way what seems to you baffling or difficult becomes
clear and easy.'
                     Similarly, donkey-minded people are those who
believe that, they can learn enough to improve themselves by
short sighted means. This includes not looking towards the
future or even into it. It includes demanding a certain pace without
realizing whether it is counter-productive or not......

REFERENCE:THE COMMANDING SELF BY IDRIES SHAH