How a Retelling the Moral of The Hare & The Tortoise Fable Teaches to How to Find Your Own Way
Bringing the Moral of The Hare and The Tortoise Up-To-Date and Oatmeal for breakfast too
The moral of the fable, The Hare and the Tortoise might’ve been a great moral 2500 years ago when Aesop wrote it and things were simpler and more straightforward then.
But now we’re in the I-am-practicing-meditation-to-find-my true-self-stage-of-life.
The Hare would do well to practice a little meditation and crawl out from under his narcissistic wounds, acknowledge his true self, know his strengths, and signup for the right races … the ones he can win.
The Hare in The Hare and the Tortoise of Aesop’s Fables did not know himself very well.
If he did, he never would’ve entered a marathon with the Tortoise.
You see, the Hare is a sprinter. The Tortoise is a plodder. Match a sprinter and a plodder together and it’s not going to work for a sprinter in a marathon or a plodder in a sprint.
The real story is the Hare landed himself in the wrong race. Sure, hares are fast. But they are sprinters not plodders. That’s how the tortoise won the long-distance race because he is a plodder … a marathoner.
For a Refresher, Here’s the Aesop Fable of The Hare and the Tortoise.
The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never yet been beaten,” said he, “when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me.”
The Tortoise said quietly, “I accept your challenge.”
“That is a joke,” said the Hare; “I could dance round you all the way.”
“Keep boasting till you’ve beaten,” answered the Tortoise. “Shall we race?”
So a course was fixed and a start was made.
The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap.
The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the winning post and could not run up in time to save the race.
Then said the Tortoise:
“Plodding wins the race.”
Plodding wins some races. But not all. Know your style. Know your strengths. Know who you are. Be YOU!
A new moral of The Hare and the Tortoise:
“Know who you are. Know your style. Choose wisely.”
The Hare is a good racer. So is the Tortoise. The Hare is a sprinter. The Tortoise is a plodder, a marathoner.
The Hare is good at quick fixes. The Tortoise is good at distance fixes. Know what you are good at doing and know your weaknesses. Choose wisely.
Accept and recognize your strengths to know which work task you are likely to be successful.
Don’t set yourself up for failure with an arrogant attitude, thinking you can do everything well. You can’t. None of us can.
Know your strengths and stick with them.
Oatmeal Hare Knows Its Strength
What you will need to serve one Oatmeal Hare:
1 cup of unsweetened almond milk
¼ cup quick cook steel cut oatmeal
Dash of sea salt
1 pat of butter
2 Tablespoons honey
¼ teaspoon coconut extract
1 banana, halved and sliced lengthwise
2 blueberries for eyes
1 strawberry for the nose
4 raisins for the mouth
6 thin, short slices of mozzarella cheese for the whiskers
How to prepare Oatmeal Hare:
Bring milk to the brink of boiling in a saucepan on the stovetop. Add oatmeal, sea salt, butter, honey, and coconut extract. Reduce heat to medium low and stir to combine well. Gently cook about 7 minutes, stirring frequently.
When oatmeal mixture gets as thick as you like it, turn off heat, put a lid on top of the saucepan, and allow to sit a few minutes. Ladle oatmeal into a bowl.
Meanwhile, prepare the banana for the ears by halving, then cutting lengthwise. Stick the banana ears on the bowl of oatmeal, using the half banana cut lengthwise. Eat the other half.
Then place blueberries for eyes, the strawberry for the nose, and raisins for the mouth. Finally, arrange sliced pieces of mozzarella cheese for the whiskers.
Enjoy! Oatmeal Hare! A new way to eat oatmeal
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