We’ve all heard the story of the tortoise and the hare. We’ve heard how overconfidence defeats even the most able (the hare), and how just working within yourself can lead to great things (the tortoise). It’s a wonderful story.
But what happens if neither the tortoise nor the hare cares about winning? What happens if both just want to arrive at the finish line together enjoying the journey they’ve taken to arrive?
I’d say that’s an even more amazing story.
Confidence would have no place in this new story. A desire to prove something would neither be necessary nor appropriate. It would just be a story of two beings who had found each other, enjoying the journey and each step they shared along the way. Both would have their own story prior to the arriving at the starting line, but that would change the moment the starting pistol sounded. From that moment on, two individuals would work together to achieve their common objective. utilizing their pasts toward a great future in each present moment step they made.
Sometimes the hare, in his natural state, would want to sprint faster than the tortoise. The tortoise, in her natural state of careful slowness, would sometimes need the pace slowed. Both would accommodate the other, sometimes one slowing down and sometimes one speeding up. In this state of love and awareness, neither would need this to be a victory, yet both would be victorious when crossing the finish line as long as they crossed it together.
A shared victory is the one where lovers arrive at the same time, in a way that honors both the love they share and the commitment to the heart within them. A warrior’s true victory is one he achieves in love, the one he achieves in both honoring himself and the love who stands beside him.
Yes, I am working on this new version of the classic. I want to make this a love story, one where differences can both be honored and celebrated in the love that the “race” represents. It becomes less of a race and more of a journey, one honoring love despite differences.
It will be available soon, and I will post about it when it is ready.