Listen to the story- Paths

Sankar sundaralingam
5 min readJun 12, 2021

There was a fitness trainer in a village. Numerous students at his training school attended various athletic. There were lot of differences between the students based on their economic status instead of focusing on games. The coach was surprised to see this. He thought deeply about how to eliminate this among students and want them to be focus on goal. One day there was a commotion among the students. The coach inquired as to what. Rich students want to play first, after they are finishing play only, other students should play . 3 categories of students, 1- rich students, 2- middle students, 3- poor students.

The coach called the representatives of the three divisions with the intention of eliminate this somehow. He asked, who should be playing first? big silent… coach continues, It is based on your skill. Deciding who is big or small has no money or substance, it is your skill. You can easily earn money and material if you have talent. So I will put a match for all three of you. The winner of that competition will be considered the most talented. All three agreed to the match and were asked to say what the match was.

The coach points to a mountain a short distance from the village, and who reaches the mountain first will be the winner . All three of you must use a bicycle to reach that mountain. You can also ride a bicycle or carry it by hand, depending on your convenience.

Immediately all 3 delegates took their bicycles and prepared for the competition. The representative of the rich team bought and ready with a new high-speed bicycle for the competition. The representative from the middle family got ready with the bicycle. The representative from the poor family got ready with the old bicycle.

The other two teams looked at the rich team’s new bike and wondered how our team could beat this bike. Their faces also withered.

Before the start of the competition, the coach with three representatives, you can choose any path. There is no compulsion to go this route or that route. Choose the path for yourself and if the path is not available, create your path. He started the competition by saying don’t look for the path you want to go, create the path yourself.

Shortly after the start of the competition the representative of the rich team’s bicycle flew at lightning speed. The middle team representative found an alternative route with his bicycle and set off. The representative of the poor team began his bicycle journey. A short distance away his bicycle broke down. He throbbed not knowing what to do.

He thought for a moment about what the coach had said before the match. He immediately lifted his bicycle and set foot in the forest area, beginning his journey on a new path.

The representative of the rich team found the path and reached the goal three-quarters of the way fast across the road. Since it was a mountainous area, there were entertainment hotels, luxury bungalows and restaurants. That representative who saw this, well, I am reaching almost 3/4 of the distance. Decided to relax a bit and stayed there.

“The mood changes more than the weather. The one who knows how to subdue the mood in these minds is brilliant.”

The representative of the middle team chose the countryside to reach the mountain at a crossroads. Obstacles to him on the way. The villagers did not allow him to move from one village to another.

“It is difficult to reach the goal at an unplanned path and at a crossroads.”

Thus, the representative of the poor team walked and reached the mountain first. The representative of the middle team changed the alternative route due to the disturbance of the rural people and went a long way and reached the hill after poor team. The representative of the rich team stayed at the hotel for a while and reached the mountain only two days later.

The coach met all three on the hill. Congratulations to the winner. He then asked the trio to share their experience one by one.

Firstly,as a representative of the rich team, I should have won first but missed the opportunity. Because my focus shifted. What I have learned is that if the focus of the path changes, the prosperity of life will stumble. Youths please take care not to stumble on the paths, otherwise your future will stumble.

Representative of the middle team, I thought I could go the crossroads and reach the mountain, but my way was wrong. That’s why I couldn’t go far and reach the mountain quickly. My learning in this event is that there is no such thing as a harsh path. Do not change the path, Change your view of the path. The path we pave does not end with us, there are many to travel in it so it is best to pave the way without error.

The winning delegate began to share his experience. Hard paths will always lead to a happy goal. If the paths are right, then going fast or slow is a success. Even if the paths change, the journeys do not end unless the goals change.

Finally, the coach said everyone should be treated equally and should not to discriminate on economic status. Focus on your paths and don’t get divert.

Moral of the story:

The path of life is only for you and others can walk with you. But they can’t walk for you. Trip change or end before the right path is known.

The one who seeks the path is the ordinary man!

The one who creates the path is the achievement man!

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