The Elephant and the Blind men... Fable Retold (final)

………As the part 1 and 2 posted last week spoke about the elephant and the blind men who encounter the elephant and the indifferent wise men who didn’t seem interested in debunking any beliefs about the elephants or instilling new ones. So the team that followed the loud voice’s opinion without reason met a sad fate and same destiny was shared by the team that followed the majority opinion (again without logic)…

And so the fable continues……

Unaware of the two sad ending teams; some children in this world were given a chance to witness the elephant. They all had the same challenges on the vision side. But like children will have it they experienced the part they were close to and drew similar inferences as their adult counterparts. However there was this small, very shy, slightly scared kid who couldn't get his hand for long on any part due to his shyness so he just moved around and ended up observing more than the other individuals. 

After the observation session they moved to a room and started to discuss. The shy one as usual was quite. But children, as you know, don’t like quite so they all decided that the shy one will go first and tell what he observed. 

The meek child, who listened a lot, spoke a little, had observed a lot and he reflected in a dreamy tone. Usually saying non-glamorous things. Things that lacked any captivating quality and were too plain to be stimulating, but they seemed to work. He couldn't speak-up, but he could talk when encouraged and he spoke for common good. 

Then the one in the group who always wanted to draw, pulled her drawing tablet and started putting a figure together with the putty that will raise the figure she was attempting to draw, so that her and others can “see” the picture by “feeling” it. So while the shy one was still speaking shyly of what he felt the others were joining in enthusiastically and filling in the details from the individual areas they had felt. And the little artist was busy modeling. 

Giggling all the way, feeling confident as they all were gaining more by Collaborating. After sometime they had a good picture of the beast for everyone to “feel” and understand. They all had contributed towards it so they all owned it. They all were proud on what they had achieved and they all were grateful to others for their contributions. The complemented each other slapped some high-fives, hugged the shy hero of the event (as he was too shy for high fives). They all came out knowing how an elephant looks and how menacing a charging elephant can be.

Moral(s) of the story: Mutual respect and Interdependence is the best way to reach the best solutions. Knowledge and charm are two mutually un-related qualities so don’t go chasing charm when knowledge is needed (or vice-versa). A team wins by collaboration (and not by blind-following the captivating personality or the majority opinion)

Part 1: http://nuancesofbeing.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-elephant-and-blind-men-fable-retold.html

Part 2: http://nuancesofbeing.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-elephant-and-blind-men-fable-retold_15.html