Wisdom story: How to complicate a simple thing as buying a pair of shoes

In ancient times, there lived a very wise and educated elderly man who had a high regard for knowledge and people who read and wrote books. One day while on a walk, he noticed that his shoes were worn out. As he knew that he spent a lot of time on his feet he had to find the very best shoes to support and protect them. In his mind, this was no easy task and he didn’t want to complicate it more with picking the wrong shoes. Without proper protection, he would hurt his feet, and without the ability to use his feet he wouldn’t be able to go out and get new books to learn from.

The minute he returned home, he immediately surrounded himself with books of the wisest men he admired and began searching an answer to the question “What should a man do when his shoes have become tattered?” He leafed through the books for a long time before he found out that the only thing he could do was go and buy a new pair of shoes. But, there was a new problem now, where should he go to get them?

Many nights the wise man read through the books before he found an answer to this second question. Afterward, he spent a lot of time learning how to know for sure that the shoes he will buy will fit his feet perfectly. He was satisfied with the answers and proud of himself. If he hadn’t read all these books, he would have…