Food for Thought

Life is full of Opportunities

Sonia Juneja
MBA 2008
She can be reached at
juneja_sonia@yahoo.co.in


Once upon a time there was a young man who was longing forward to marry the beautiful daughter of the most intelligent farmer in the village. He approached him with his wish and showed his readiness to accept any challenge to win his heart. The farmer smiled and asked him to come to his farm the next day.

Next day, the farmer put a simple condition in front of him, saying that he would leave three bullocks open in the farm and the young man had to catch the tail of any one of them. If he succeeded in that, he would be eligible to ask for his daughter’s hand. The young man laughed up his sleeve and started dreaming about his marriage with the farmer’s daughter. The farmer released the first bullock which was very healthy and looked most intimidating. The young man had never seen such a big bullock in his life hence he decided to skip this one and wait for another one to catch the tail. Belying his expectations, the second one was much bigger and stouter. He decided not to play with danger and skipped the second one also. Now, as the last chance, the third bullock was freed by the farmer which brought a huge smile on the young man’s face. The third bullock was apparently very weak and thin. The young man ran towards it and jumped to catch its tail but he was shocked to see that it didn’t have a tail.

Life is full of opportunities. No doubt, some of them are difficult to take on but if we let those opportunities go due to lack of self-confidence, we may never be able to marry a beautiful daughter of a farmer called ‘Success’.

Collected by: Sonia Juneja