TheTortoiseAndTheHare 　　Theclassictaleofthetortoiseandthehareremindsusthatdifferentpeopletakelifeatdifferentspeedsandthatonewayisnotnecessarilysuperiortoanother.Infact,inthestoryitisthesloweranimalthatendsuparrivingatthedestinationfirst.Inthesameway,someofusseemtomoveveryquicklythroughtheissuesandobstaclesweallfaceinourlives.Othersneedlongperiodsoftimetoprocesstheirfeelingsandmoveintonewstatesofawareness.Forthoseofuswhoperceiveourselvesasmovingquickly,itcanbepainfulandexasperatingtodealwithsomeoneelse'sslowerpace.Yet,justlikethetortoiseandthehare,weallarriveatthesamedestination,together,eventually. 　　Peoplewhotaketheirtimewiththingsareprobablyintheminorityinmostoftheworldtoday.Weliveinatimewhenspeedandproductivityarevaluedabovealmostanythingelse.Therefore,peoplewhoflowataslowerpaceareoutofsyncwiththeworldandareoftenpesteredandproddedtogofasteranddomore.Thiscanbenotonlyfrustratingbutalsocounterproductivebecausethestressofbeingpushedtomovefasterthanoneisabletomoveactuallyslowsprogress.Ontheotherhand,ifaperson'sstyleishonoredandsupported,theywillfindtheirwayintheirowntimeand,justlikethetortoise,theymightjustbeatthespeedier,moreeasilydistractedpersontothefinishline. 　　It'simportanttorememberthatwearenotactuallyinaracetogetsomewhereaheadofsomeoneelse,anditisdifficulttojudgebyappearanceswhetheronepersonhasmademoreprogressthananother.Whetheryoucountyourselfamongthefastmoversorasoneoftheslowerfolks,wecanallbenefitfromrespectingthepacethatthosearounduschooseforthemselves.Thisway,wecankeepoureyesonourownjourney,knowingthatwewillallenduptogetherintheend.