Hen in a ditch
Sometimes the decisions and actions we make in life become trap to us, this reality makes me remembered a day when I was going somewhere I saw some hens in a very deep and long ditch, what got my attention more is that the hens in this ditch are so many and by what am seeing I can understand that none of the hen in this ditch will be coming out however when I moved farther further I discovered that there is actually a way out of the ditch although it will take the hens to walk a long distance, do you know that not all the hens can move that far so not all the hens will come out of this ditch. I even wondered if there would be rain which will bring flood, how will the hens come out of the ditch, this makes me understand the foolishness of the hens in entering the ditch in the first place, it's like they chose a death sentence to themselves but the first question we will be looking at is;Why are the hens in the ditch
The story of the hen in the ditch is the same situation most people are living through, there are lot of people whose life have been trapped by either taking uncalculated risk or blindly taking some action or as the case maybe being tricked. Why take such decision? Why take that risk? Why being deceived? These questions and more are what is flowing within my head now. Those hens why enter such a deep ditch, the ditch is certainly deep and it is obvious, yet they damned this truth and jumped in. We might conclude that the hens have no brain to reason what do we expect but can we say of that for human being with a complex brain.I discovered that the main reason why those hens entered the ditch is because of the large deposit of food. The need to eat is a response from the need to satisfy one hunger, if there is no hunger we can certainly do without food but unfortunately we can't do without it. Hunger builds up a desire and that desire is the number one reason why those hens entered the ditch.
Desire
Desire is a feeling, it is a thought, it is an unseen reality. I will lay more emphasis on desire being an unseen reality. If desire is an unseen reality there will be an effort to transform that unseen reality into reality since humans does not live in the unseen world however that effort to convert the unseen to seen is the boundary line between being safe or unsafe. When we make desires there is no boundaries to what we can do, infact within my mind I can desire to fly like an eagle, even seeing myself flying already. There is this popular word that says that if wishes were horses the beggar will ride. Direct translation of our desire to reality can make us like the hens who jumped into the ditch for food. I know that no one is stupid to have the desire of flying then climb the skycraper to dive although when I was a kid I almost try the stunt of being a Superman but the truth is that there are many other desires that we have that is synonymous to jumping from the skyscraper but we don't know because we reason them right or we see them good. There are business ideas that we visualise them good just because of the prospect it has not because of timeline of action that will bring the business alive, most time we usually see things from the end and forget to see the track that led to that end point. Most times the excitement of the destination blind us to see the journey before that destination. The same thing happened to the hens, they saw food in the ditch and the possibility to enter it but forget to reasoning on coming out. Before we conclude anything good we need to factor the coming in and the coming out. This two factor determines the two end point to everything in life and within this endpoints we have our path. If the hen had think of a the way out, entering the ditch wouldn't have pose more danger since they can stay close to the way out and restrain theirself to the food around that point.Before I continue please understand that;
The quest to fulfil our desire is an infinite one, it is endless and if we keep moving in it we get too far to get back and yet we have nowhere as destination. Desire have no destination
Another factor the hen should have considered is the rain, although we can't predict the rain, there are some rains that won't even give us sign and before we know the rain becomes heavy however, there is a season for everything, if the hen understand that it is the season of rain they won't bother entering, even if they bother entering they won't move far. There are lot of unexpected circumstances attached to life however, the understanding of season can prevent us from being a victim of most of the circumstances. The growth of a maize cannot be determined by a farmer but there are things the farmer can do to mitigate the risk around the growth of the maize and that is season, good seed and weeding or sometimes irrigation. All this actions are make it happen system. Every desires is built on action or work. Can you actually work out that idea or success? What capability or resources do you have that can either enable or enhance your desire. It is easy to jump into a ditch but you won't be jumping out, rather you will walk a long way out. Feasibility study will save us from most of the wrong choice we make and do not make this study with lies because you are actually pushing your problem forward instead of clearing it. There is a food somewhere is not the problem but can the energy you derived from the food sustain you out from where you get the food. The buttomline is that we shouldn't be blinded by our desires.
Other reason
Of course there are other reasons that prompted the hen to enter the ditch, these reasons are attached reason to the desire. They are the factor that fuels our desire, let's study them1. Comparism: most people makes the mistake of comparing themselves with others, they believe that since A do this and B tried it successfully they also can do it. Success story is actually short but the story behind the success are too long so they are cut out. I know definitely that the number of hens in that ditch became much because some hens that are just walking by seeing the other hens eating in the ditch join them just for the reason that other hens are there forgetting that those other hens in that ditch knows their way out (I hope you enjoy all my that). If we think we need to succeed like others, we need to expect the same pain and pressure that made them but quite unfortunately, we can't get that details no matter what.
2. Competition: This is direct opposite to the first point. Don't be too envious of people's success that you just jump into their race all for you to be better than them. Tracks are actually different, your track in life is different from mine. The track you run through so effortlessly smooth can be a trap for me. You might be in the same situation with others but you can never have the same survival or excaping technique like them. People knows hidden shortcut within them when contingency happens but you, what do you have? Competition will always give you the impression of you are the best, if that can do it I can also do it and blinding you of the obstacles ahead, please don't act foolish.
3. Deception: Another important point I won't be skipping is deception. Don't let people deceive you with their sweet word or their success record. Don't let them throw things on you and you jump in like that, you need to weigh and filter every situation that comes your way. Like the hens, some hens will be in that ditch and what took them there was a deceit of their friend or whatever relationship it is although they never wanted to put their hand into such risk but sweet word won't let them think independently.
4. Coveteousness: You always want same good life others enjoy, that's a toxic behavior one need to be careful of. When you convet things alot you will certainly dip your feet in what you shouldn't, since you are controlled by your desire and not by your sense.
5. Ignorance: I don't know won't be an excuse when someone dip their feet in a hole in the dark. The I don't know word will never stop the pain but it will only bring pity and how does pity stop one from pain. Life is a sequence of action in related to time. Any mistake made can never be pardoned based on the fact of ignorance because time wasted itself is an injury.
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