Tom and Jerry

Do you know why in a race between Tom and Jerry, it was always Jerry who made the cut. A waggish but probable answer would be- “The show must go on!” 

But if we flip the coin to see the other side we would see that there is a reason to it! A reason with a lesson indeed. Tom always ran for just his one time meal while Jerry ran for his life. You see; the intension matters. 

The precious the thing is at stake the harder we try to secure it. (Might be an exception to less is more theory;) 

I think even the reward system works on this principle. We are designed in a way to answer the rewards. The higher its intrinsic value the tough is the task to back it and if equally hard we persist to fight we Win. So if we don’t only focus on how hard we are trying but if also we realise how dearly we want the reward, we might effortlessly travel one step ahead. 

But our breath is not the only reward though, maybe a smile be an equally exquisite one. But again everything adds up to beautify the ultimate reward- what you, me and Jerry have- our winsome lives! 

Well you might contradict it to the fact that if it was so all the carnivorous species might have waved at us from extinction hall and not zoo! But I guess cartoons like this might have wanted us to, you know, just flip the coin.