Being peaceful and working towards smaller goals can help to achieve bigger goals. Read
Shivaji Maharaj the great king of Maharashtra was once wandering on the hilltop as he had lost his way while travelling from one fort to another. It was a dark night. While he was trying to find the right way to the fort, he saw a light flashing from far. So, he started walking towards this light. As he progressed towards the light, he reached a small hut.
In the hut lived an old woman. She welcomed Shivaji in the hut. However, she did not recognize him and she thought it was one of his soldiers. Shivaji also did not reveal his identity. Looking at his plight she offered him water to drink and to wash his hands, legs and feet. She also offered him hot food which she had just prepared.
As Shivaji was tired as well as hungry, he could not resist the food and quickly put his hand on the plate to take a morsel. As the food was very hot, he burnt his fingers and pulled his hand back because of which some of the food fell from the plate. Looking at which the old woman sighed at him and said that he was as impatient and quick-tempered as his master Shivaji which is why he burnt his fingers and also wasted some food.
Shivaji was surprised to hear those words and he asked her why she said so. So, she began explaining to him that his master Shivaji was impatient because he only focused on capturing bigger forts of his enemies, thereby ignoring the smaller forts. As your fingers were burnt and food was wasted due to your impatience, Shivaji is losing his capable soldiers as he is being impatient to defeat bigger enemies. So, he should change his strategy by being stultified and peaceful while patiently capturing smaller forts one-by-one without losing his brave men and strengthen his position. Thereafter, with much power he can conquer bigger forts easily.
Shivaji was very impressed by the old woman's acumen. He understood that it is necessary to be peaceful while one is working towards any objective or goal.
Moral: By working towards smaller goals in life with patience and peacefulness one can accomplish bigger objectives.
