Once upon a time a group of frogs decided to go on a race up
a very steep and enormous pyramid. As they’re hopping up the sides of said
pyramid, filled with excitement and focused on the ultimate goal of reaching
the top first, a crowd of cheering frogs gathers at the base shouting the
following words of encouragement “Go, Go,
Go, You can do it!”
However, as the race went on and exhaustion took over many frogs
fell behind and, eventually, gave up this lofty goal. As more and more frogs dropped out of the
race, the crowd’s encouragement dwindled and the chants changed from cheers to
jeers: “Loser, you’re a loser, you’ll
never amount to anything, can’t you see that’s too difficult for you? You might as well lick your wounds and give
up now while you’re still ahead… You’ve
done enough, it’s time to stop… be
careful, don’t get hurt…” Eventually all the frogs became quitters – except
for one.
This one frog keeps hopping along, seemingly oblivious to
anything else going on around her and completely immune to all the doubters and
haters – not to mention the most
dangerous dream crashers of all: “well-meaning”
naysayers who seem to revel in sabotaging other people’s aspirations.
Slowly but surely, she keeps on going, one hop at a time. When
she finally reaches the summit a reporter asks her the obvious question, “How were you capable of such a feat when
defeat was what all the other frogs endured?”
It turns out that the winning frog was deaf.
[ To which I’ll add: Stay focused! Life isn't a sprint; life's a
marathon. ]
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