There was once a boy who wanted to be happy. No matter how hard he tried, he could never catch happiness, it always slided past him and he became exhausted as he continued chasing it. Sometimes happiness gave in and let itself be caught, but only to run off away later, leaving the boy deprived and wanting more.
After several such occurences, the boy decided not to chase the happiness, he decided to let go. Happiness just kept running around until it realised the boy wasn't trying to catch it anymore.
- Why aren't you chasing me anymore?
- Because I'm tired of it. It's all the same every time. I catch you eventually and you slip away.
- So? Everyone does that. Everyone wants to be happy.
- I know, but, I thought that, maybe, there are things better than you. Maybe it just isn't worth devoting my whole life to catching something that will slip away every time I look the other way, in order to seek for new goals. Maybe thosegoals are far more precious than you.
- But that's not how it works, everyone wants me. You can't just leave me.
- Yes I can, and that's what I'm doing. Who knows, maybe someday it will be you who will be chasing me, and I will be running away?
The boy went on after saying that. He let things just happen, and he understood that, at least partially, he was right. Sometimes, when the goal is too big and broad, short-term solutions should be ignored, in order to build foundations for the long term ones.
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