"You
will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog
that barks." - Winston Churchill
There once was a
bunch of tiny frogs who got together to organize a competition for reaching to
the top of the highest tower in town.
As the date for the
competition was announced, the news spread everywhere and crowd in large
numbers gathered around the tower to see this interesting competition and cheer
on the contestants. The crowd did not really believe any of these little frogs
were going to make it to the top of the tower. Yet they were curious.
The big day
arrived, the competition began, the frogs quickly started to ascend and the
crowd cheered.
As a few moments
passed, someone from the crowd shouted, "Not a chance that they will
succeed! The tower is too high!"
Another spectator
said, "Yes, they will never make it to the top. It's way too
difficult!"
As the competition
continued, some of the tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one, tired and
exhausted. But the race continued, as those
who still had the fight left, passionately continued to climb higher and higher.
In the excitement
and anxiety the crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult. No one will
make it!"
More tiny frogs got
tired and gave up. They all continued to give up one by one, until there was
only one little frog left in the competition who continued to climb higher and
higher and higher.
This one wouldn’t
give up!
This one tiny frog
who, after persistent efforts was the only one who reached the top! This little
soul was the winner! He made it to the top and got the glory!
Naturally, everyone
wanted to know how this one tiny frog managed to pull it off when every other
contestant gave up. Everybody wanted to know how this tiny frog had found the
strength to reach this goal that everyone else thought was impossible. So, they
asked questions.
It turned out that
the winner was deaf.
Winners never pay
attention to what other people’s opinions are when it comes to their dreams and
goals. Focus on your goal and march in confidence. People who are not playing
with you, people who are not helping you reach your destination, will always have
opinions and generally – negative ones. Do not pay any attention to them. Just be
deaf and keep walking else your dreams might get murdered anytime by so called
free consultants, available out in the world.
Here are few deaf people who blessed the world before and you can be the next.
Be deaf when people
tell you that you can’t fulfill your dreams and goals. Don’t let the cowards
come in the way to your dreams they generally have opinions and no facts. Even
if they have facts; remember ‘If your dreams
are BIG enough, facts too do not count.’
Yes, persons success path serve the facts for the rest.
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DeleteSuper Like !! There are more people who would want to pull you down , not because they have anything against you but BECAUSE they definitely have something against anybody trying to draw a bigger line than their's !!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement and value add.
DeleteAwesome. Dont listen to dream stealers. Just march on :-)
ReplyDeletetrue, what others think of us is none of our business...
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Yash. If elephant decides to teach a lesson to every dog in the street which barks on it. It will NEVER reach its destination and moreover it will loose its identity and no more be an elephant.
DeleteI truly agree with this article. Always we need to believe our hard work. Definitely one day we will get good results.
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