A certain man had to go out to another town miles away. It was night and pitch dark, and all he had was a tiny little lantern which could, at most, light a couple of steps. Because the journey seemed so long, and the night dark, he was depressed and unsure - unsure of reaching his destination with only this tiny light.
While he stood at his door utterly frustrated and helpless, a Realised Man happened to appear and asked him why he was standing at his door with a lantern.
The man replied that he really did not know what to do;
though he was all set for the journey, it appeared so long, and the night so dark, that his small lantern could not really be of much use.
The Realised Man explained to him that it was not necessary to have a big enough light to illuminate the whole way.
‘As you proceed’ he said, 'the light will move with you, so that the next one or two steps will always be clear. All you need to do is to hold on to this light and start walking. As the darkness clears with the rising of the sun, if you keep walking you will reach the destination in the full light of the noon.