You will always be taken care of horses, do not fret. All is well…

Once upon a time, there was a society made up of a group of horses, donkeys and ponies.

The horses are very strong and ruled the society for centuries. For many centuries, only the horses were allowed to go to school and be educated and they were the only ones allowed to vote in elections etc. The donkeys produced the babies and kept the home clean. After Many years, some changes were made and the donkeys and ponies were allowed to go to school and one day, they were also allowed to vote.

The horses still held most of the positions of power. 90% of the richest, most affluent in the society were horses. When donkeys and ponies applied for jobs, they only got jobs that the horses weren’t too keen on.

One day, someone decided to begin a programme that will help the donkeys and ponies get hired. But they didn’t bother to explain to the horses (they didn’t think it was necessary, as the programmme will not reduce opportunities for horses) that the programme is not anti-horses,but more to get the donkeys and ponies up the ladder. The horses started to see donkeys and ponies getting hired and the horses began to complain that their world was being decimated and that they had become a target. Meanwhile, the horses still held most of the positions of power in society, as one horse retires, another horse was ready and primed up to take the position. It would take at least 200 years of steady hiring of donkeys and ponies for them to ever be on par with horses and that was highly unlikely anyway. Yet, the horses continued to feel targeted and they began to protest and express strong dissatisfaction

Perhaps it was time for society to say to the horses:

”It’s ok horses. You are fine. Nobody is trying to knock you off your perch. The programme is simply to create additional perches and get some donkeys and ponies up there with you”

……..