The willow, which by reason of its long shoots and by growing so as to surpass every other plant had become the companion of the vice which is pruned every year, was also itself always mutilated.
-From 'Fables', pg. 285
Some want so badly to succeed, and succeed now, that they grow too fast for their good. You can only understand this if you have seen it or you have experienced it. Things expand too quickly, and you get lost in the forest that you have created. Armed with only a single ax, you must chopped down your forest of jobs by yourself and still reach the deadline. So desperate, so lost, chopping and chopping but you just can't reach the end. It's not enough because after a tree becomes a stump, it grows yet again to become a new tree. More and more spout up. Soon you are overwhelmed and you lose.
You can't finish the forest by yourself unless you have fire.
But fire is a two-edged sword, you have to have enough control over it so it doesn't backfire to hurt you.
Be careful.
B.C.
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