The criminal committed a crime. He was caught and brought to trial before the king. And the king offered the criminal a choice: to go either to the gallows or to the big, black, scary steel door. The criminal hurried to choose the gallows. When they put a noose around his neck, he suddenly said: “I was curious: what’s behind that door?” The king laughed and explained: “Well, you see, it’s a funny thing - I’m suggesting “All criminals have the same thing, and almost everyone chooses a rope.” “What’s behind the door?” the criminal asked, “I still won’t tell anyone,” he added, pointing to the noose. After a pause, the king replied: “There is freedom. But people are so afraid of the unknown that they prefer a rope to it.”
Indeed, too often fear prevents you from choosing the right path. And also habit. Here is such a parable.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru