In the time of Louis XIV, a prisoner was sentenced to death. He was imprisoned in a remote part of the palace, and there was only one night left until dawn...
At midnight, the cell door suddenly opened. The king entered with his guards and said:"I will give you one chance. If you use it correctly, you can escape. There is an unguarded exit in your cell. If you find it, you will be free. If you don't, they will come to hang you at sunrise."
The chains were removed. The door was closed. And a desperate search began.
The prisoner searched every corner. Under a tattered carpet, he found a hidden backdoor. Stairs led down to a dark basement. More stairs led him back up. He felt a breath of fresh air. Hope arose.
But he found himself in a tower so high that he could barely see the ground.
A stone in the wall shook. Behind it was a narrow passage, just wide enough to crawl through. Then he heard the sound of water. A river! Freedom was just around the corner!
But no... there was only a barred window.
The night passed like this. Every glimmer of hope turned into a closed passage.
When the sun rose, the king appeared at the door once again.
"I see you're still here," he said.
"Why did you lie to me?" the prisoner asked in despair.
"I was honest with you," the king replied.
"I searched everywhere. Where is the exit?"
The king replied calmly:"The cell door was open."
The truth is simple, though painful: people often create their own problems, seeking complex paths when the answer is right in front of them.
Life can be simple when our thinking is simple. And it can become overwhelming when we make it so.
Sometimes, the way out is simply... an open door.
In times of stress and fear, the human mind falls prey to 'Tunnel Vision,' where it focuses only on the difficult paths and ignores the simplest options.
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