"The Turtle" Story

 A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. The turtles, being  naturally slow about things, took seven years to prepare for their  outing. Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable  place. During the second year of their journey they found a place ideal for them at last! 
For about six months they cleaned the area, unpacked the picnic  basket, and completed the arrangements. Then they discovered they had  forgotten the salt. A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they  all agreed. After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen  to retrieve the salt from home. Although he was the fastest of the  slow moving turtles, the little turtle whined, cried, and wobbled in  his shell. He agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat   until he returned. The family consented and the little turtle left. 
 Three years passed and the little turtle had not returned. Five  years...six years... then on the seventh year of his absence, the  oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced that he  was going to eat and begun to unwrap a sandwich. At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree  shouting, 'See! I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt.' 
 [Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live up to our expectations. We are so concerned about what others are doing that we do not do anything ourselves.]