Once, a Master was walking on the banks of
a river. Suddenly, he heard a cry. He ran to the riverside and
saw his Student in the water. The Student was waving his arms and crying out
loud. When he saw the Master, he shouted, “Master! Please help me. I will drown
in the river.”
The Master asked his Student to say calm.
He said, “Son! Do not panic! I shall find a way to bring you out. But how did
you fall into the river?”
The Student replied, “I was learning how to
swim with the help of a log of wood. After a while, I felt I could swim without
it. So, I left the log and started swimming without it. The force of the stream
was very rough and I lost my balance.”
The Master looked around for another log of
wood, and found one lying upon the bank. He threw it towards his Student and
said, “Let this be a warning to you. In future, never throw away the log until
you are quite sure you have learnt to swim without it.”
Do not make rash and hasty decisions.
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