Once upon a time, a King ruled a kingdom and had a very beautiful garden in his palace.
One day a bird came to the garden and tasted grapes from the vine. Grapes were sweet in taste and from that onwards that bird would come to the garden every day, sit on the vine and eat all sweet grapes and throw down sour and unripe grapes.
Gardener noticed this and got very angry at the action of the bird. He tried to drive away the bird but failed. So, he told King about it and requested, "Your Majesty! Please do something about it."
King decided to deal with the bird himself. The next day, he went to the garden and sat hiding under the cover of the dense vine of grapes. As usual, the bird came and sat on the vine and started eating grapes. Seeing opportunity king caught him.
The bird tried a lot to get free from King's grip but all in vain. In end, she begged King to release her but King refused.
Then the bird said, "If you leave me now, I will tell you four things of knowledge."
King accepted this and said, "Ok. First, tell me those four things of knowledge. Only after listening to them, I will decide whether I should leave you or not."
Bird said, "First thing - Don't ever let an enemy who comes to your hands go."
King replied, "What else?"
Bird said, "Second - Never to believe in anything impossible."
King asked, "Third thing?"
Bird said, "Third - Don't regret the past."
King asked, "And fourth thing?" "Fourth point is deeper. I want to tell you that but you have held so tightly that I am suffocating. Loosen your grip a little so that I can tell you the fourth thing.", the bird said.
King loosened his grip. As soon as grip was loosened, the bird escaped and sat on the higher branch of a tree, which was out of King's reach.
King kept looking at the bird shocked.
The bird sitting on top of the tree said, "Fourth - Nothing happens just by listening to knowledge. It also has to be implemented. Just a while back I told you three things of knowledge but even after listening to them, you ignored them."
Saying this the bird flew away.
Flash: The ultimate test of knowledge is self-transformation. Knowledge is of use only if it brings a profound change in yourself. Make sure that your knowledge is qualitative, not just quantitative. The quality of understanding is important, not the quantity of information.
Moral:
Learn to demonstrate your skills and power in the SMART way by not letting the fears deceive you. You can make a lot more happen than you think you can. Breakthrough change happens when you break your assumptions, and move faster than you had expected to.
"Mere Acquisition of Knowledge does not make one Wise. A Wise person is one who Applies the Acquired Knowledge perfectly!!"