There once lived a stag in a forest. One day, he was standing by the side of the pond, admiring the beauty of its antlers. But he was ashamed of his legs and thought of them as ugly and skinny.

Amid this thought, he heard a few hunters speaking to each other. The stag got alarmed and decided to hide somewhere. But while searching for a place to hide, his antlers got stuck in between the close branches of the trees.

He began to panic as the hunters approached him but after trying to escape by nodding his head back and forth, he escaped just in time before the hunters were about to catch him. He ran for his life, as swiftly as he could, without taking a look back, far, far away from that place.

After running for a while, when he felt out of danger, he felt ashamed for underestimating his legs which saved him, and overestimating the utility of his antlers which could have caused his death. From that incident onward, he felt grateful for the legs.

You see, the world will always reward certain traits and condemn others, but it is the duty of the individual to ask “Why?” Remember, the reality is neutral, and nothing is absolutely good or bad. These labels are contextual, for example, had this stag been a fashion model, then maybe his antlers mattered more, while for a marathon runner stag, the legs would matter more. But ultimately, a whole stag is one who has taken care of growing both the antlers and legs to their full extent, free of any bias.

To pollute our perception of reality with the notions of good and bad is a mistake that has plagued humanity for ages. We need to transcend such labels and be one with our whole self, grateful for all that is there.