A shopkeeper was once too bothered by the problems of his life and decided to consult a wise old sage who lived in his village.
After telling him his problems, the sage asked, "Before you came to me, did you think over your problems at least once in an attempt to solve them?"
"Yes, I even tried to save time while trying to find their solutions"
"How did you try to save time?" asked the sage anticipating something wrong.
"By trying to find their solutions all at once." verbalized the shopkeeper.
"Hmm.... no wonder you came to me."
"What do you mean to say?" the keeper asked puzzled.
"If you try to solve all your problems at once, you'll never get their solutions."
"How come?"
"I'm sure you must've been to the weekly bazaars of other villages."
"Yes many times."
"Pretty noisy isn't it there?"
"Yes. At times, I can't even here the person beside me."
"If you stand in the middle of the bazaar, and try to understand what the shopkeeper in front of you is saying, what the person beside you is saying, what the customer behind you is saying and all the other voices of the noisy crowd are saying, will you be able to do it?"
"Not even if I had a dozen ears!"
"It's the same case when it comes to solving problems, if you try to solve them all at once, you wouldn't be able to even if you had a dozen minds. Solving them takes time and of course effort."
The shopkeeper having realized his mistake, tried one more time to solve his problems, this time one-by-one.
*in the school canteen realizing how loud the noise was*
