An ancient Indian sage was teaching his disciples the art of
archery. He put a wooden bird as the target and asked them to aim at the eye of
the bird. The first disciple was asked to describe what he saw. He said,
"I see the trees, the branches, the leaves, the sky, the bird and its
eye.." The sage asked this disciple to wait. Then he asked the second
disciple the same question and he replied, "I only see the eye of the
bird." The sage said, "Very good, then shoot." The arrow went
straight and hit the eye of the bird.
What is the moral of the story?
Unless we focus, we cannot achieve our goal. It is hard to
focus and concentrate, but it is a skill that can be learned.
