So Mulla Nasrudine is out on a hike with all of his friends. He has this big, huge, tall walking stick. He’s struggling along, trying to get up the hill with this big huge stick.
Finally one of his friends says, “Mulla. You know. If you just cut the bottom off that stick, a foot or so, it would fit you a whole lot better. It would work a whole lot better.”
Mulla looks at him and says, “Oh you fool! The bottom of the stick isn’t the problem! Why cut that off! The problem is this end up here, at the top!”