There
is a popular inspirational story of a cow that was thrown in a deep
pit. People threw dirt and all sorts of rubbish on the cow. Instead of
lamenting and feeling distraught, or useless, the cow made the
determination to see each dirt and rubbish as an opportunity to be
supported and raised upwards little by little. So it always shook off
the dirt and this became a stepping up platform. This continued for a
while and gradually, little by little, after a long while, the cow was
raised up to a level where it was able to get out of the pit by itself.
The
morale of this story is that people will throw a lot of rubbish at us,
obviously designed to make us feel worthless and miserable, even up to
the point of giving up on life. However, we can decide to use these dirt
and rubbish as opportunities rather than threats. Keep in mind that the
way we feel is a decision that we have in our hands. Every day that we
are alive to see gives us two opportunities. We can either decide from
the moment we get up from the bed that day whether we are going to be
happy or take the only other alternative which is to feel miserable. The
choice is ours. This reminds me of what a colleague told me recently.
She said that she always carries her happiness with her and doesn’t
leave it in the hands of others. That’s a very useful thought. So if we
allow what people say, or their attitudes to discourage us, we certainly
give off ourselves to them and those people take over and become the
remote control of our lives. Each time we see them or hear their
ridicule, they figuratively press a remote control button that sets us
ablaze internally. Is that what you really want? I am sure not.
I am sure this is for someone reading this. I think its for you!
