The Man Who Yelled at Water
A thirsty traveler spotted a wooden conduit with water running in it, and drank until he was satiated. After finishing, he held up his hand and announced to the water, “I’m done drinking. Stop running.” As the water continued to run, the man grew angry and yelled, “I’m done drinking, and I just told you to stop! Why are you still running?”
A bystander noticed this and remarked, “Why don’t you just leave the water instead of yelling for it to stop flowing?”
The man’s behavior is similar to people who, rather than doing what is necessary, just verbally demand that something happen, and then become angry when it doesn’t.
A thirsty traveler spotted a wooden conduit with water running in it, and drank until he was satiated. After finishing, he held up his hand and announced to the water, “I’m done drinking. Stop running.” As the water continued to run, the man grew angry and yelled, “I’m done drinking, and I just told you to stop! Why are you still running?”
A bystander noticed this and remarked, “Why don’t you just leave the water instead of yelling for it to stop flowing?”
The man’s behavior is similar to people who, rather than doing what is necessary, just verbally demand that something happen, and then become angry when it doesn’t.