"Branding Your Image"!

Years ago I heard this story- "A king need a driver for his carriage. A contest was arranged to determine who should be selected. To test the candidates the king selected a road that ran along the side of a high mountain. On one side of the road was a cliff that dropped straight down a thousand feet to a rocky bottom.

The first contestant was a driver of extraordinary skill, whipping the horses to an incredible speed. He successfully guided around the twists and turns of the road with the outer wheels a mere 6" inches from the edge of the cliff.

The next contestant was also an extremely skilled driver. He mounted his carriage and, like the first, whipped the horses to a blinding speed, he raced along the road with the carriage wheels only an inch away from the edge.

The 3rd contestant, decided on a different strategy. He urged the horses into a leisurely gallop & steered them as far away from the edge of the cliff as he could...this was the driver the king selected, "I’m not interested in speed or how close to the edge you can come, I want someone who will keep me safe."

It seems many of us are trying to see how close to the edge we can get- no masks, no vaccine- maybe for others we should step back and slow down.

"Cliffs of Moher" by Matt McGee is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

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