A young boy went to a Native Doctor to inquire about the hope of his future.
Right before his eyes, the Native Doctor drew two circles, one in white and the other in black.
He then put a millipede in between the circles, and said: "if the millipede crawls into the white circle, your future will be bright and very great, but if it crawls into the black circle, then you are finished and doomed! No future at all!".
As soon as the insect was dropped in between the circles, it began crawling towards the white circle.
The boy was super-excited.
But suddenly, as it got to the edge of the circle, it turned back and began crawling away from the white circle towards the black one.
The boy watched as the insect progressively moved farther away from his desire...to his doom.
Then, just as the insect got to the edge of the black circle, the boy stretched his hands, picked it up and quickly but carefully dropped it in the white circle.
The Native Doctor was in shock; he had never seen anyone intervene in his own matter! Watching all the while, he asked the boy why he did what he did.
The boy smiled and simply replied: "I cannot sit and watch an insect determine and allow my destiny go down the gloom doom! While I can still do something about it, to change its course. My destiny is in my hands"
He got up and left."
