Listening to the others

This story I read long time ago.  exactly I don't remember but this story is quite nice example  for what's happen when we start to give  importance about what others saying. Story goes like this-

Father and son was going  to visit a city  near by. They had only a donkey. So they both rode on the donkey and started their journey. On the way one man saw father and son riding on a donkey and he felt very pity for the donkey so he stopped them and said "look you both have no sense both of you riding on this poor donkey he must be dying. Please don't do this only one of you ride on it".

After listening this father and son start to think " yes he is right poor donkey he must me suffering a lot" then father put his son on the donkey and he start to walk.

After going for a while another man saw them and said "come on such a bad son making his poor father waking while being young himself riding on a donkey".

After listening this son feel ashamed and tell his father to ride on a donkey and he start to walk.

But it's not finish yet after going for while they met with another man and he said "look at that such a bad example of a father making his young kid walking in the sun while he is riding on a donkey"

After listening this father and son get quiet confused. What they can do that nobody will complain. They decided nobody will ride the donkey they all will walk now.

Then after going for a while they met with bunch of people and all of them start to laugh by seeing father and son walking with a donkey. After seeing this father and son asked them why they were laughing and they replied we are thinking and laughing how stupid you are as you have a donkey and both of you walking with the donkey rather riding on it.

Now what they will do they might need to carry the donkey on their shoulder cause that's the only option left.

Now this is happen when we start to count on each and everybodies words we are actually going no where.