A man with his son embarked on a journey. They opted to use a horse as their means of transportation. They both mounted on the horse and were riding together when passersby saw them and started complaining and calling them names; accusing them of being wicked to have subjected the horse to such inhuman treatment. The Passersby told them; “How can you both be this wicked, How can two of you sit and ride a horse, Don’t you see that the horse is tired and might collapse, your actions are inhuman and wicked”.
The man with his son paid attention to what the passersby were saying and decided that only one of them should mount the horse while the other person would trek along the horse. The man asked his son to ride on the horse while he walked alongside them so they wouldn’t be accused of treating the horse harshly.
Immediately as the journey progressed, they met another set of passersby who severely complained and called the son a prodigal boy and asked him how he was able to comfortably ride on a horse whilst his old and fray-looking father was walking alongside them. The boy was called a series of names and then they decided since it’s like this; they both can’t ride on the horse without being accused of maltreating the horse, only the son cannot ride without people tagging the son as a prodigal, they decided that the father should instead ride on the horse while the son will walk along with them on foot.
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The dad mounted on the horse and the boy trekked alongside as they had decided but immediately the journey progressed they met another set of people who stopped them and asked the father how come he was such an irresponsible man to have mounted himself and ridden on the horse while his young son is walking along on a bare foot. They called the father names, and criticized him for doing that.
At this point, the father and son decided that they should both walk along on foot with the horse. Since they have met stern criticisms riding the horse together and individually.
As they were both walking along with the horse, they met another set of people laughing at them and calling them foolish. The people asked them how they had a horse and decided to walk along the horse when they could have ridden on the horse to make their journey smoother and faster.
At this point the father and son have exhausted all their options, having found out that whatever they do there must be people along the way who must murmur, complain or criticize their actions.
There are many morals and lessons to this story but the most important moral lesson I want you to pick out today from this is “Do you”. Do whatever you feel okay with, don’t be a people pleaser, and don’t pay attention to criticisms. If you do, you will get confused and remain on the spot because people must talk.