FINDING THE RIGHT SOLUTION
Edward R. Murrow, a famous American newscaster, once observed "The obscure we always see sooner or later, the obvious always seems to take  longer.

Usually the solution to a problem is obvious to everyone, after it has been discovered . Two amusing stories illustrate the point.

1. Up in the mountains of Switzerland, there was a small village.  The population of this village lived a very happy life, nobody ever thought to go live in the city.

There was only one thing that worried the villagers. Up the mountain , in the road between the village and the fields, there was  a very dangerous turn, especially during winter time when the road was covered with snow.,  It happened more than once that a farmer on his way to the fields, slipped on this turn, fell into the valley and injured himself.

All agreed that they must do something about this problem, so they called an urgent village council meeting.  After much  talk they decided that every family should contribute towards the buying of an ambulance, so that if this incident would happen again they would be able to transfer the injured farmer to the hospital as quickly as possible.  When all seemed settled and all the councillors were happy, the oldest and wisest man  said  all the  councillors were happy , the oldest  and wisest man said ' what of , instead of buying the ambulance, we use the money to build a barrier wall to prevent the incident from happening in the first place', and sat down without saying another word.

All  the other councillors stared at  him and did not know what to say.  They all new that this old man was right.


2. A family in the city  owed a large dog that they loved, although he was growing old and bad tempered.  After the dog twice bit the postman, the owner finally and regretfully had him neutered, in hopes of making him more placid.  On learning what action had been taken, the postman was horrified.  He said "The dog never tried to rape me, why didn't you have his teeth pulled out?"