The studio renovations are well underway and everything is coming along beautifully but not without a few snags. Tia and I have made the conscious decision to laugh as they come up and deal with whatever is thrown at us knowing that we are moving much closer to achieving a bigger goal.
Today was one of those days when we both had to sit back and catch our breath... it reminded me of a story a client sent to me so I wanted to share it.
Its all about how you look at things, how you handle adversity and never forgetting you create your own circumstances. Enjoy the read!
One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyways; so it just wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. Realizing what was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly. Then, a few shovelfuls later he quieted down completely.
The farmer peered down into the well and was astounded by what he saw. With every shovelful of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing some thing amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmers neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off to the shock and astonishment of all the neighbours.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to not let it bury you, but to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone.
We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping and never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!
The moral to the story is very simple. Life is going to shovel dirt at you. You have two choices:
1. You can be buried alive by it or
2. You can shake it off and step up
What seemed like it would bury him, actually blessed him.
All because of the manner in which he handled adversity.
If we face our problems and respond to them positively and refuse to give into panic, bitterness or self pity... the adversities that come along in life usually have within then the potential to benefit and bless us.
-Author unknown
I choose to shake it off and step up... how about you?
-L
Today was one of those days when we both had to sit back and catch our breath... it reminded me of a story a client sent to me so I wanted to share it.
Its all about how you look at things, how you handle adversity and never forgetting you create your own circumstances. Enjoy the read!
One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyways; so it just wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. Realizing what was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly. Then, a few shovelfuls later he quieted down completely.
The farmer peered down into the well and was astounded by what he saw. With every shovelful of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing some thing amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmers neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off to the shock and astonishment of all the neighbours.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to not let it bury you, but to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone.
We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping and never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!
The moral to the story is very simple. Life is going to shovel dirt at you. You have two choices:
1. You can be buried alive by it or
2. You can shake it off and step up
What seemed like it would bury him, actually blessed him.
All because of the manner in which he handled adversity.
If we face our problems and respond to them positively and refuse to give into panic, bitterness or self pity... the adversities that come along in life usually have within then the potential to benefit and bless us.
-Author unknown
I choose to shake it off and step up... how about you?
-L
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