"O Camel, why do I keep on stumbling? I look down so carefully at the ground, but still I lose my footing," moaned the donkey. "Meanwhile, you never stumble, even though you don't even look at the ground."
"O Donkey," replied the camel, "you think that looking is seeing, but it is not, and you think that seeing near is the same as seeing far, but it is not. I see far, gazing at the horizon, so I'm ready when the far becomes near."
Inspired by: The Commanding Self by Idries Shah, free to read online at the Idries Shah Foundation.
Notes: This is on p. 37 in the book.
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