Anonymous, 06.11.03
The story about the tiny frogs….
There once was a bunch of tiny frogs, who arranged a running
competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very 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, 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 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 other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how
this one frog managed to do it? A contestant asked the tiny frog
how the one who succeeded had found the strength to reach the
goal?
It turned out... That the winner was DEAF!!!! The wisdom of this
story is: Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be
negative or pessimistic cause they take your most wonderful
dreams and wishes away from you. The ones you have in your
heart!
Always think of the power words have. Because everything you
hear and read will affect your actions! Therefore: ALWAYS be…
POSITIVE! And above all: Be DEAF when people tell YOU that YOU
can not fulfil YOUR dreams! Always think: I can do this!