LIVE & LOVE ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN ETHICS

HERE is an old cautionary folk tale from India that starts with two people walking to their house with a donkey that they had purchased from a fair a few miles away from their village.

- LOVEOLOGY Mahesh Natarajan (The author is a counsellor with InnerSight)

The two are happily walking along with their acquisition when they bump into a set of people. The strangers comment, "Look at these idiots! They bought a donkey but are walking alongside it rather than riding it!" The criticism hits home, and so, one of them sits atop the animal and they continue on their journey, till they meet somebody else, who criticises, "How selfish! Look at this young person riding merrily while the older person is walking," and hearing that, they switch places, only to hear a mile later, "So inconsiderate! No respect for age!"