The Ostrich and the Fool

Once there lived a fool. He had great expectations of himself and his future. Living in a glass house was his dream. He wanted to enjoy the nature around him every moment in the day. One day, he actually built a beautiful, delicate glass house for himself. He could see everything! He could lay down on his bed and look at the beautiful nature outside. Wood apple was one of those fruits he couldn't resist. He planted ten wood apple trees all around the glass house and went to sleep feeling satisfied and blissful.

Days went by, then months. The trees grew to their full size and towered over the glass house. At last, the fool could see the fruits growing. He was the happiest fool in the whole land. He would have his favorite wood apples now. The wood apples grew in size, they were huge  and ripe.

One night, as the fool was dreaming about his wood apples, he heard a loud sound and the shattering of glass. He thought "Oh my god! Someone is destroying my house!" He took his gun and came out. Then there was sounds as if millions of glasses were shattering. He saw that all his wood apples were falling on top of his glass house and shattering every bit of it. He was helpless as he watched his house crumble to pieces.

He also didn't have much use of the wood apples after and he didn't have a house either.


Then there lived an Ostrich. He was clever and all aware. He knew what was happening around him all the time. He lived on the banks of the great river. Everyday he saw the water rising, everyday he knew that it would eventually break its banks. But he continued to stay there.

One day, when the river actually broke the banks and the flood began, he stuck his head inside the sand and was very happy. He said "Now that I cannot see the waters, I am safe!". Eventually the waters rose and the whole land was flooded. Inevitably the Ostrich was swept away and he drowned.

The world is the glass house. It is being shattered everyday. We can hear and see the effects each year as the weather deteriorates. To enjoy beautiful gifts like the Himalayas, we need a beautiful planet, which is more diseased today that any past ages. There are studies continuously published highlighting the stark and gory effects we are causing our mother earth.

Then there are two kinds of people, the fools and the Ostriches. We can make a big difference by being neither and by being Human Beings and taking action. Which one are you?