Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Frogs

I found this story online. If you know who wrote it, shoot me an email. This story is also posted to my website. 


Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs...who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the very top of a high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants. The race began...
 
          Honestly: No one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard statements such as: "Oh, that is way too difficult!!" "They will NEVER make it to the top" or "Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high". The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one...Except for those, who were in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher...The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!! No one will make it!" More tiny frogs got tired and gave up...But ONE continued higher and higher and higher...This one wouldn't give up!
 
          At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower. Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top. THEN all of the tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it? A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal? It turned out...That the winner was DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of the story is:

Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfill
your dreams!