THE GREAT PROBLEM

In life we have a great problem that needs to be solved by each of us in some way or another. Most of us fail miserably at this, despite what we say or think or what others tell us. The problem seems rather simple and logical to most when they are confronted with it in its various forms, which take that of a sort of puzzle to be solved. It involves three things, actually, four. You as a human, a man or a woman, or whatever, and three other life forms: a cabbage or head of lettuce; a rabbit, and a wolf. No doubt, you may have encountered this problem in formal logic classes if you happened to have taken any. Ths problem is this: You have to cross a river in a small boat that will only allow you to carry one of the three things across so you have to leave two of the others on the shore and come back and go again and then do the same thing until all three,the wold,the rabbit, the cabbage are all on the same side of the river with you after the necessary crossings in the boat. This problem is somewhat related to the topic,FOOD FOR THE GODS, under GREAT NATURE,since all forms of life need other forms of life to exist and every form of life is a form of food for other forms in some ways, many not readily apparent. The wolf eats the rabbit; the rabbit eats the cabbage, Man seldom eats the wolf but he does eat the rabbit and the cabbage. BUT, the TASK is to get all of these things across the river in the small boat that only accomodates you, the rower, and one object,either rabbit, wolf or cabbage. Most persons who tackle this are able to figure out logically how to do this but I daresay few could actually perform the PHYSICAL aspects of this thing if they were forced to do so! Also, there is the important and neglected EMOTIONAL aspect to this. If you look at this problem from all three aspects it may show you something about yourself. Post your comments and solutions here and I will discuss this futher. Thank You.