A quite logical thing is to make hay while the sun shines for you never know when the sun sets. However it is also a rational thinking that our brain comes up with to
create a safer vault for the future which is unpredictable.
It does always
remind us to save a portion of our earnings. The financial gurus make it a
point to indicate a definite percentage as well.
It
makes sense but some of us overdo it to such an extent that we miss the point.
A conscious person who saves for a better & safer future transforms to a
miser who becomes stingy. Aesop brings out this learning magnificently in the
following story.
A miser had lot of wealth, obviously! Being afraid of robbers,
he decided to hide the accumulated stuff by burying it inside the ground in his
backyard.
Every day he religiously went to that place, dug a hole, saw the
wealth to his satisfaction and covered it back. If a needy person asked his
help to borrow some money, he would shout at the top of his voice and shoo away
the person.
As
always a clever thief noticed this ritual and one fine day made away with all
the good stuff. Crying with despair, he went to the village head and narrated
his plight. The head asked the miser “Did you ever take any of stored wealth
and use it?”
“No”, came the reply, “I always just looked at it and then filled
up the hole”. The wiser chief of village concluded “Then go again and look at
the hole for it does not make any difference if there is anything in it or
not.”
Pondering over it, we
realize that wealth unused is just as good as it didn’t exist. Yes, it is
important to save “something” for tomorrow but if that “something” is not of
use to anyone, then it is good riddance.
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